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GRACE and TRUTH, 



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■^ir.. S. WARNER. K- 




GEAND JU-NCTION, MICH. 

GQSPSL TRUMPET PUBLISHIIIG HOUSE. 
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Entered accordin-g to act of CongresSf 

in the year 1890, hy D. S. Warner^ 
in the office of the Librarian of Congress. 



PiR^EiFiA^SiB. 



rOSTRY is a Divine emanation. The more a pure mind 
^riiiks in it:^ Spirits, tiie more it will soar «p in heavenly cour 
leaiplatlon, uud incroase in adoration. To awaken love for puce 
l)ot:try,is to give an upward lent to its future life. 

God lias blessed the humtn family with many noble religious 
poets; -hut their pro Juetioa< are neodssarily mingled with the 
4 hades of religic>us error that overcast their daj's And Godde- 
j-ires His people,and tlieir children blessed with poetical Uiou^lii 
on t!ie summit ()f present trut;i. 

In putting forth tills new book before the public, we seet 
not nor expect to elictt any literal conplinients. W^e have 
v.rlttsii for the edilication of tlie common people, and not l^sir 
npplause of tlie critio The work has been executed in the 
iiiid>t of constant evangelistic and editorial cares an I labor% 
:.tid having been written in our absence from home and library, 
it will hi found nearly destitute of historical embellishaieat^ 
iUit to the oriinary reader it will be all the better appreciated. 
\7a shall be happy anl satis'ied, if the iustruma it of these «:n- 
l)lti verses be esteemed less than notliing, if they will create la 
lite reader a more exalted conception of the grace of God, iiui 
Lin.Ue in his heart a more fervent love for His truth. 
This is the bMmble Prayer of 

THE AUTHOR. 



i'j 'I'jVfn'.i ■■'.- .i'i. 



■^TI^UTH.^ 



•Wercy aarl trutli are met together; riglitcoupn'^ss and pcatr» 
11 ..ve kissed each other. Truth shiill spring out of the eartli; 
md righteousness shall look down from heaven." — Ps. 85:10,11- 

"And jiidgmeat is turned aw ay backward, and justice staittl- 
elh aiaroff: for truth is fallen i.i the slr^et, and equity cannot 
enter." — Isa. 59 : 14- 

'And their dead bodies shall lie in tlie street of the groat eity^ 
which spiritually is called tfodoni and Egypt, wiiere also our 
Li-'rd was tmcilied. 

And after three daj^s and a half the Spirit of life from God 
entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and 
i^reat ftar fell upon them which saw them,'' — Kev. 11 : 8, 12 



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-«fT]^UTH.#i^ 




HAT is truth ? inquired Pilatevstob^- 

Immersed in deep perplexity, 
Trembliug while in judgment c)\!ier 

The one liis final judge t must be. 
FLe asked, but waited not the'ahswsy 

For in Ilis majesty there stood 
The Truth Himself at his tiibuna]. 

The incarnate Truth of God. ' 



EtertiJ al, Tv'f tli, ; thy bou nd J ess u'orv 

'I'he li,(|ly .juigelfjcannoi. su* 
Put ,r^pt,]}y ilby l^e^Jeslial. !.^eaii;y.- 

\Ve must this lOebje tribiite brin*^ 
For :\1,1 I hjj^ •Kc'ort, h?i,ft UipUvfcMi:unorecl, 

This Iminbie sold with love ensliiineJ:" 
Otn; life is laid upon Ihy aitar. 

All tiiitie our body spirit mind. 



'S TRUTH. 



Shine on with all thy constellation, 

The precious attributes of God, 
Love, mercy, justice, and compassion; 

For second in thy magnitude 
Thou only art to love's efudgeiice. 

"I AM the Truth," and "God is love." 
F4X)m both in one omnific fulness. 

Proceed the streams of truth above. 

High honored, and from Everlasting 
Thou art, O Truth, a pillar strong. " ,^J: 

tTpholding Justice, faith and virtue. 

. , Before the stars together sang -^ ,: 

Our ill-doomed, planet's new crtauon, 

Tliv hand didst hold, 0:1 lleaveu's lliront. 

The baLiiices that weighed all naiions. 
Upon all Avorlds that round thee slionb. 

Tlioii art tlie firm and deep foundation 

Of hope, a:nd universal good. 
Andoh tliV broad eternal bosoju, 

is based the a^Yful throne of God. 
Tiie myriad stars that gem the ocean 
-,; Of boundless space, at thy command, 
Pursue their even tenored motion, 

And ail supported by tliy hand. 



POIIES OF GRACFj and TRUTH. 1 

^ "' - ■' -—:. ■ ' ' • —_ ' ' ^ 

Til'? c!od we feeble insects cover, 

(Jnoo deep submerged in angry ilood, 
L^o'y ]ian£;s in s'lort disguised probation 

Cpcji i;]e Truth, '-the Word of God." 
The secret's iocl^ed in Father's bosom, 

And marlied iii Jleavsn's calendar; 
Bnt present truth gives faithful larum 

That time lias reached its evening star. 

When first this jot of God's dominion 

Was sadly plunged in lieH's control, 
Truth dropped, betimes some gentle beaming 

Upon the ruin of ••Mausoul." 
Beneath a dark prophetic mantle 

He painted hope to mortal eyes, 
And on His Blood be-sprinided altars. 

Ills coming glory symbolized. 

Whendong expectant, earth had waited. 

Arid all the nations musing sat, 
fn Heaven's secret council chamber 

Truth, loxe, and pity fondly met. 
They kissed, as on her lonely orbit 

Earth moved heavy up the skies; 
And, groaning neath sin's dark oppression* 
^' ' Held long their eym^^athetic eyes. 



TKUTII. 

Then Vity broke liie silence weeping", 

Love, deeply moved, to justice spako. 
And mercy joined her interceding 

That fallen man for pity's sake, . 
Shonld now l)e ransomed back to Keavcn. 

Then Truth rose up in majesty, 
Thus saying, "I for man will snlTerj 

Here Love and Mercy offer mc* 

•'Great Spirit, give to me a Ijody. 

A proper sacrifice for sin, 
And thon, O justice! sum man's dcbiL 

And let me su rety be for him." 
Then answered Pity, Love, and Mercyj 

"O speed thee Truth, bnt not alone,' 
For we thy sisters Avili go with thee, 

And rear on earth thy peaceful throne* 

The angels sang the joyful tidings ' 

To shepherds ol"the It) llely night, ,' 
"Peace," highest boon to earth isgivei^ . 

And, wisdom came to see the sii;hC 
/^he ,Ti*uth has made his lowly advent 

Where falsehood sin a: id err jr, held 
For ages past destructive r<igent. 

''Good will to liiaa" ihe chorus swelled.. 



roi::,rs or GnicE a:>d 72.1:1::. 



So Trutii "wciit forth -wilji love and mercy, 

^ik] iVeedop.i ibllowed in their wake. 
TJie cluiiiis ol' death nrid licll were broken. 

And tyr:ru: thrones were made to shake 
They built on eartli a cry.stal pahice 

Adorned with precious gifts Divine. 
The Truth Hijn self its ground and pillar, 

Whence all ilis grace a]id glory shine 

Upon the Monn.tain of His temple 

Trutli sits til e Judge of ev^ry creed, 
And prime instructor of all people 

Who wisii to gain true wealth indeed. 
Thence all the v/ise and prudent hearted- 

.From eartli and sea's remotest bound, 
Go lip to driuk of wisdom's fountain, 

Whose streams with life and peace abouncL 

Here grace reveals t]:ie hnppy secret 

Of living pine and free from sin. 
A-iid gratitude to God iipwelling, 

Her everlasting anthems sing. 
Here ransomed souls obtain tlie glory 

That Truth enjoyed in^vorld- of light, 
And hL;th bequeall n to nil that jcve Him, 

E'er back to Ilcav'n Lc wi::/::a His fight. 



|0 TT^ •!!• 

AVJien oi'ice nishrincfl Yv-idiin Ihe bosoiu 

Ami (leopl.y rooted in llio h^mi. 
All eaitii and ]iell can ne'er dctJirone lliee 

For llioMvO Tnitli ! so precious arL 
What millions j'or llij sake have sulfered^ 

Yea, suflTcred to the marlyr's crown. 
But thou art worthy, rrince of lieaven? 

That millions more thy sceptrs own. 

In sack-c'oth clotliod, amid thick darkness 

For twelve hundred and three score years. 
Thou didst bear witness with thy iellow, 

'NYhsn pity seemed to have no tears. 
Blood stained the earth along thy pathway: 

The throL'bing life of hoi}'' liparts 
Flowed out to seal tliy spotless virtue 

Till hell, bloo .-sicLcncd, t.icnce departa 

Dut devils only rnit the carnar^o 

To Lrew aiiother policy. 
Twas this; in fei^^iied deceptive homage 

Tiiey bow to Christianity. 
They aid by means, and willin;;" counsel; 

]->ut only lend a hclpin,",-lvan(l 
in hel'.'s own int'rcst, Tni;h to .Martyr, 
■ And the Church of Cod tu ^.irand. 



POEArS OF GRACE /.ND TEl TH. U^ 



The xiit-devised abomination 

Erected in the holy places — 
More foul than goiy inquisition — 

Confounded Trutli with sin's disgrac^. 
And mixing up in vile confusion 

Tiie works of God and devils too, 
Gave birth to o'ers:'x hundred i'actions, 

A God-profaning babel show. 

Pnre Truth dccliiied in this malaria, 

The Spirit, ling'ring, deeply swooned, 
TiU hoth were stabbed in sect-Gomorrah 

.And fell, alas! with mortal wound. 
So iieir "conceived and uttered falsehood,''*" 

While '-Justice standing far off weeps" 
"And judgment is turned away backward.*"' 

"For Truth is fallen in the streets." 

Their bodios lay in Sodom, Egypt — 

Lay prostrate in her streets in state, — 
For just three hundred years and fifty, 

AVhich time we've seen expire of late. 
"Wiiile lying dead, o'er them exultant, 

Th.e town Vv'as filled with festive mirtli: 
Because these prophets sore tormented 

All them, that dwell upon the eartli. 



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lilt Ti'atli cruslted down shall not forever 

Lay martyred, tran1|)lod on iliegronnd', 
.Tlioiigli slie bleediii'^- I'all.s.and sccnis extermincd, 

Internal years arc .yet her round. 
Troni each reverse slie must relun;ine: 

When buried she '-springs out the earth." 
For -'rigliteousness looks dovv'nirom Heaven," 

And glory crowns her going Ibrtii. 

■So the Sjhrit otlire from Heaven 

Entered, and Truth stood on Idis feet. 
And vdth Him roc-e His fellow witness. 

"J'iien i'alseho(jd. ho^vled; for siu'e defeat 
_And W03 belell her siivfal iu"itions. 

Who lo\'o to maivB tlut Truth a lie.' 
.And strive to tliijik hell-born traditions 

Tlie veiy truth of GJod on high. 

'Then Truth put on his holy armour, 

Unsheathed his mighty flaming swortl 
-In war on every creed of c}n'OJ", | 

On full six hundred mixed and stored 
"With hoaiy lies and npw inventions, 

Wliere evei-y ^Vord of God's belied. 
Each seme: ti'ullis ccMita.iii. versing others, 

S(j 'ill is (>v,'(U'd ;i:id al! licuied. 



rOLJlS OF GIIACR AND TIIUTIJ. IZ 



In some Avero taiiglit tliat lli3 Al'.nigbvy 

Hod Jlxed from all Eti^rnit.y 
Jii-^i, ^v]lO is lost and Avlio elected. 

By His nncliangable decree. 
TIki!: some were born I'or dark perdition 

And others born i'or Heaven's plain. 
And irrespective oi' volition, 

Each must that destination gr.in 

-That all the deeds of this pro':>nlion, 

It !)la.ck as hell or '/ery gcoJ, 
Av-' no prelude to future station. 

Naught but the pre-docree of d'ocl. 
Timt He likevrise had made selection 

'.Mong ihem that die iu iirinncy, 
Js. clieriib this sliould lie in glory, 

And that inhabit mis(;ry. 

This God and man -be meaning doctrine 

Trntli smote ro earth and stamped up.jn. 
And burst its liell invented fetter. 

iSo tliat eveii in old babylou 
lb- horrid face is deeply covered 

^.■eath mohly antiquated creed.s. 
And siukiiig deeper in ol>livi(jn. 

As worn out dogmas truth succeeds. 



1^ ' ' Tr/jTu: 



Long 'iwa-S held l!iat sects were ho'':'', 

Tlieir orijiiiie believed Divine, 
Kevered as gods, all rights of conseieiico 

Were laid devoutly on her shrine. 
Her priests were clothed in superstition, 

And worshiped more than God on high 
And he v.dio bowed not them subjection 

Must for his higii presumption die. 

When evil stalked within her border, 

"Hush! hush! do not the Church deride 
Por by her sacred holy order, 

All her sins are sanctified: 
Her jealous schisms and contentions, 

Her many rival altars round, 
A. healthful zeal imparting friction. 

Make grace and righteousness abound.'^ 

"Twas deemed an orthodox confession 

That grace and sin go hand in hand. 
Throughout the years of our jDrobation, 

Until 'we reach the better land. 
That iK^ne may Jiope to gain a freedom 

Until our last expiring breath. 
But sin in thought and word and action 

Tni =«vprl i n the instant of our deatii. 



rOEMS OP GHAQE AND TKL'TH. 1* 

Hies& old-, opiiiioiis, rags and rubbish, 

All tiireacl-bai-e.: filthy, false and vain, 
Were hwl a nasty heap of fuel 

For the Divine consuming flame. 
And so He burned theiii all. together, 

And left instead, as in her youth, 
The Church that Jesus built forever. 

The pillar and the ground of Truth. 

Instead pi party name and faction, 

And rival clamor '"here," and '"there." 
God's Truth brought fort his great salvatioi^ 

Aijd all the raiisomed, pure andfa,ir, 
By love's Celestial bond, united 

In sweet and pure harmonious praise. 
Truth reigning in eacli happy bosom, 

Behold I hey 're one in all their wajSj 

He smote all sinnersbip i*eiigion 

And blasted every groundless hope. 
Demanded presejit full .^avation, 

Or else abandon every prop. 
He drew a line oT Uemarkalion 

Twixt every sqvilxif siiifidspot. 
And he accepting God'.- i-lor-tio:;. 

The righteous maji rluu :-luuc*Lh not. 



His iiammer smoto Uio black partitions 
^ Until they crumbiecl into dust 
LTis fire made a conllagration 

Of ieverj idol made their trust. 
He tlieu restored in all its beauty 

The iDalaoG He iiad reared before. 
All cleansed and garnislied, pure anel holy 

And filled with glory evermore. ' 

All must, receive, who here would enter 
A circumcision in their hearts. 
' Ilepent, and leave all creeds of error, 
Have truth illume tlieir inner pai'ts. 
Lay dov/n' their lives on God's pure altar 

^And in aire tho pc-vfect Sacrifice 
Of earth, and self, and sin forever 

And hv.y "Jie tr-nih at 'maftijr's price. 





TWO S0ENBS AT THE 
ALLEGHENY. 




I.O^JO a Vv'inding patli tliero came, ^ 
A band of saints in Jesus name, 

Leading downward toward the llowing river; 
The rock-paved Allegheny stream, 
Whose oil -blotched waters How between 

Towi'ing hills that drop upon her mirror. 



Adorned in His own holinc?s, 

Who first "fulfilled all rigliteousnoss," 

True discip'es of the Great Examplar, ' ' 
. Came here to show their love to Him, 
By burial in the crystal stream: 

Resurr3cted in His life forever. 



18 TWO SCKKES AT THE x\.LLi:GIli:NY. 

The trees tliat emulative rose, 
Fl'om baiik to sunimit's high repose, 

Wayiug in the sunliglifs golden gloiy, 
Displayed to their enraptured eyes 
A thousand tints of richest dyes, 

Varied in sweet Autumn's gorgeous beauty. 



A hymn flowed o'er the Avatcr, still, 
And echoed on from hill to hill; 

Ilising upward to the throne of Heaven. 

This was the song that sweetly breathed, 
Their praise to Him their hearts believed. 

Even Christ, with whom their souls had risen. 



i)o>vn into the .flowing river, 
Lo ! tlio Lamb of God we see. 

There He speaks in clear example. 
Take the cross and follow me. 



Ciio.-^Gently buried with my Savior, 

Let me sinic beneath the wave. 
Crucified to earth forever, 
LTence alone to GoJ I live. 



rOK:,I3 OF GHACE AXD TllUTi:. 3.9 



2vo\v ihe sacred waters; cover, 
O'er the liolv Son of God, 

Thus II(.! washed me in the fountain 
OX His sin-atoning blood. 

Crucified with my Redeemer, 
Now I sink into the grave. 

I am dead to siji forever, 
By the lite of God I live. 

Here I witness a confession, 
As I merge from human s'ght. 

In tlie tomb of yielding water, 

Tliat the blood has washed me whit^.. 

O how; sweet to follow Jesus, 

In this ordinance to show, 
That we're cleansed iir life's pure river. 

Even whiter than tlie snow. 

To Ifinl wlip said tliat every where, 
He "vrvills that men should offer prayer. 

By ibis emblem of the tomb of Jesus, 

Plis li an ible saints then meekly bowed, 
Aniii.l the awe deconnned crowd* 

Richly favored by 11 ib loving presence 



£0 Tv.'O SCEXKS AT TIIIL AI.LEGIILltY. 



Tlion one by ono Avcro dowinvard led, 
And numbered Avitb the sainted dead, 

Pilgrims happj'- in the Lord^s aj)proYal. 
Anew the Spirit of their God, 
Bore witness to the cleansing blood. 

Making lofty hills with praises vocal. 

But some who stood beside that stream^ 
Recalled to mind another scene. 

Thirty years had lied along unceasing, 
As flows the water o'er that spot, 
Where red intemp 'ranee left a blot. 

Time and tide have passed, yet unerasing. 

A husband, father, genial friend. 

But demonized by liquor fiend. 
Deeply by tins maddening viper bitten, 

Unto his home, near by this shore, 

Returned, rum-fired as oil before: 
Driving thence his own in terror strickfeii, 

Three daughters fied ad own tlie ledge. 

And spied the skiff at, waters edge. 
IBoarding this they rowed' into the river. 

To utmost slrenglh tjiey plied the oar,. 

And hastened lo llic !br!iier shore- 
Praying God Jrom wivAh and M;(\es deliver. 



1\)KMS 01?' GRACE AND VRUXl? ■ "ill 

Tlie ij-enzied came with angry mcin, 
To di-ow'ii ]iis cliildren in the stream. 

Brenthin.i:' tiireareniny\stai?.g']'iiig..iiiid 1 lie l)il lows,, 
The mad-ir.an heedless onward surced 
Till in the dejitii at last subnierii-ed: 

Drowning there, a warning to His fellows,, 

Beliold the contrast 'twixt the seenes I 
The first. in niern'ry sadly gleain;^, 

Over thirty years that llowed unceasing; >. 
As tibws the v/ater o'er that s]>ot, 
Wliere dread inteni[)*rance leit a blot, 

Time and tide have passed yet unerasing* \. 

Ba])tized in spirits from the still, 

Led captive by the devil's will, 
Into awliil death he plunged a victim. ; J^ , 

.From thence I'aised up a lifeless clay 

His Spirit lied in wild dismr^v; 
Leaving in that stream a doleful requiem^;, . 

Bat these immersed in Heaven's light,. 
In garnnents pure and spotless white, 

Follow joyful down into the river, 

The steps of Him who died on earth, 
To give th3ir souls a Hoav'nly birth; 

Burievl deep in Jesas' love forjver. 



.:i:5 «:^vo scenes At the ALLEniiKNY. 

lie, dead in sin and lost in v/oo, 
Tliey, dead io sin and white as snow, 

.Both were buried ii'i this river's hosom. 
His name dishonored iioats alonj^c, 
'fliey rise to sing redempi ion's song. 

-Praising Him wlio gave their spirits freedom. 

He buiided tliere a m.oninrient, 
Of litjiier's Idauk and liendisli bent; 

♦Casting oil that tide a gloomy shadow. 
Tliey leave upon that sacred sliore, 
Fool -prints of Him who went before, 

-And His blessing leaves a brilliant halo. 

Behold two waj^s divide onr face, 
The road; of sin, and patli oi grace. 

• Choosing thife, oi" tiiat to thee is given. 

Both these ways dip in death's cold tide, 
And judgment sits on yonder side, 

iBendiug that to hell, and this to Heaven. 




THROWING INK AT THE 

DEYIL. 

"Then I turnod, nnd lifted up mino eye?, nnl looked, and be- 
liol I a flj'ing roll. And he ?a;d unt) me, "What secst thou? 
And I answered, I see a fl}in;j; roll; the length thereof is twenty 
cuhlts', and the hn adth thereof tc n cubits. Then f aid he onto 
me, this is the curse that goftli forth over the faje of Ihe wliole 
par h: for ev.-ry ( nc tlia" stoalcth ihall be cut oil as on this side 
according to it; nnd every ons that sweareth shall be cut off as 
on that side according to it. I will bring it forth, saith the Lord 
of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into 
the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall 
remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with tha 
timber thereof and the stones thereof." — Zech. 5 : 1-4 





TEROWING INK AT THE 
DEYIL. 

^^"^^,T ^^artbur- Castle sat a Son of Thunder 
Daaling Heaven's Dynamite. 
When lo ! beibre him 'peared an appr»ritioa 



^^^^ .=» Fuiy threatening Demon sight. 

^^^(f The piercing words of truth, so lon^ be- 
J^ Flashed the burnijig wrath upon [smothered 

-' The devils patent monk and pope religion. 
Who confronts the dread reform. 

A thousand years of stupid chains of darkness 

Boynd the devil in his ]3it. 
His creeds and bulls held fast the worid in bondag© 

Le^.ving liim at leisure. ' \ 

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:>G Tiiuowi^M isK AT THE d::vil. 

TJiat thousand years, tliought jct to come in ba- 
Fancy pictured reign of peace — \}^^^ — 

Passed while tlie souls oi' martyrs, 'ncath the al- 
Waited till the evening grace, m^ 

While earth gropecV on in darkest superstitioji, 
Ruled by cassock, cowl, and priest, 

Few souls had life lor satau's bent to slaughter, 
Chained him from wanted feast. 



Cut with the early gleams of reformation. 

He in person re-appears 
His intTest trusted not to deputation, 

Quickly breaks the thousand yeaiu 

Ecfore the dauntless, lion-hearted Luther 

Forth the hellish monster stood. 
Prawn from his prison ' by the scattering thesis 

'Gainst the Romish viper brood. 

lie lifted up his eyebrows knit with thunder. 

To the iiellish spectre said 
Witlisterji address, "du cist j)en w.jjUE^.acEjU.I'^" 

Ilurls an inkstand at his head. 



PO:::.S OF GP.ACE AXD TRUTH. S» 



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How ])ot3iit proved the Doctor's splatfiing missilgiji 

Hist'ry leaves us no memoir. 
Bat ink he llirew oii paper at the devil, 

Battered down his Ivingdom more. 

Still on in mercy ivioved the Great Eternal, 

Ro-instating Ileavcn's Iriilh; 
Long fallen in the lilthy streets of babel, 

Trampled under foot, forsooth. 

A season passed of mingled light and darkness, 
Counted neither day nor night. 

With each reform breal; in. more gleams of bright- 
Loosing satan more to iight. [nesa" 

But novr at last the fogs and mhh arc scattered^ 

And the san etna ry; purged. 
The hidings of the detil tiius (lemolished. 

By ilie hail he's sorely scourged, 

Tlie dragon forced to open field of battle^ 

L-ri\en !'ioi!i Jn's final treneli. 
Oairt ll-:'>\v i;p annllnr Hue of babel. 

Thence irom storm of truth to Jliucli, 



Tiin^v.'i:NG ixK AT tup: devil. 



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He would, 'tis truo whitewash his sect divisions 

Pass them for tlie lioly bride! 
. But truth uncaps the wicked corporations, 

And her founder cannot hide. 



The light reveals Iier blood in every quarter, 
And she's strewn Avith dead mens bones; 

Kemains of souls that long have fed her slaughter; 
Hell with many a victim groans. 

Tims chafed to anger like a lieast of fuiy, 

When denied a skulking den, 
. And tantalized b}^ thunderbolts of fire, 
Satan writhed within liis pen. 

At last he breaks the chains of self possession, 

Doth his best Avhat lime he hatli. 
"Well knowing that he's but a little season, 

Comes he forth in utmost wrath. 



'Is^ow loosed, his imps o'er ail (Ivi- enrth, are swarm- 
But reti"e:itiiig toward Hie luiinlc, [i'ic?t 

"Driven bad; In- tnitli iii, tluiinlorrolling, " 

And llu; ra;ud living:; i;;!;. 



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T^ot r.s did the sturdy Wliittenbnrger 

Fling Iiis inkstand at the foe, 
Xut by the mighty force of steam, much faster - 

We tlie battle ink can throw. 

.At a pilnt Avh3"3 trro liglitning tracks lay crossin^j 
iS^orthward, southward, east, and west, 

God has planted there a Campbell mortar 
Firing ink at s.itan's crest. 



"Tliis enginery by modern skill constructed, 

Hath a strong capacious fount, 
lYlience ink, by rollers to and fro conducted, 

Ipto ammunition count. 



The ink rolls o'er ten thousand silent voices, 

All in rank and file complete; 
When touched, each one prepares His trump for 

But refraining, tells the sheet. [sounding, 

Tlie sheets borne round by cylindric motion, 

Take the type's impressive kiss, 
Inspiring them Avith love anl truth's great mission. 

And salvation's poi-roct bliss. 



2i^ Tii::o\vixa ixk at tiiedi:v:l. 



^ot only toward the main lonrwinds of IleavGn, 

Sin consuming ink is shot; 
But right and lett in force, 'tis outward given, 

striking sin in every s^Dot. 

When round, "Mansoul" Emanuel plants His 
To retake the famous town, [army, 

On "eye-gate'' hill He plants this mighty engine. 
Till surrendered to His crown. 

If chance a pilgrim's shield of faith is drooping, 

And his heart with fear oppressed; 
Tlien comes the ink- winged angel, trumpet sound- 

And his soul anew is blest. [ing 




MEDITATIONS ON THE 
PFAIRIE. 

Tutlie summer of 1872, the author took a mission field la 
Nebraska, much of -^vhich had just been ^e'utlcd the previous 
year. Oi;r companion had died one year previous. Just before 
going west a correspondence Avas arranged 'witli sister Sarah A^ 
K'Jler, which soon liindled into a glowing flame of love A 
year later I returned, and we were liai, pily joined in mamage^ 
With her precious company came again to'thij blooming pla'.D^ 
"ivhere one year was sweetened v>'itli the most Iran spoi fug con- 
jugal bliss. In 187i Ave returnr-d to Ohio, v/here life and laLcro 
ilowed on in unintrrru^ted happiness, until in 18S4,tlie dear ob- 
ject of our love was deceived by t'le wiy fo3, and torn from 
our soul: a crisis tha': threatened ovr frail life, and which we 
only survived by the grace of God. 

In the fall of ISST, wliile on an exten-ive v,-esierii tour, wf» 
came into a new Y,art of tlie great prairie, Avliich strikingly re- 
mind _d us of our travels on the nuAV plains foiir'ceen and fif- 
teen years leTore. Thero the S]ilrit touched our mind with 
vi\ id recoilections of that Ci:cri;.hed one,A\]io made for us this 
pi'alrie a blissful Ivieu. An i7J3pired iuiagination also portray- 
ed what dire Avreck of our ov/u life might liave cuiued froui 
the crisis of broken love, i.r.d n )t tlie grace of God averted the 
»td itsue. This cast us on the sod beneath a load of grtuiUids, 
wlicre the poem was inspired, !?.s our heart's humble tributi fur 
Eea veil's ]>ity, and sihitaining ^xm. 

" IJlcLsed b-o the Lord my •ifjcength, my goodu??.s, oad my 
fortress; my high. tov>c.r, .ii.-d my li)>IiYerer; iriy .slsielcl. 
a-jid J[e in w^orn I trusr.'* Amen?, 

Tiie Stockweli referred to ia tljo poGir,was a yoiu;^:; jircarr'v- 
or V, c doth ha 1 loved, wh;} cerame jiuiTed Mid d-xflv;*!, i^vl 
\v;t? ti.o cluef Iru^trarneut. of s.;t\j^a in the (.<■< cr' hrow of toisui's.'jii- 
iiiix'.< ' <)ul. As stK:u «s wc c -xiGuiiCC-i iiii\i Lt {li-.y^-^-'^Al all 
] Cjie si^iu. 




MEDITATIONS ON THE 



PFAIRIE. 






V:^l^%::GODI wliat miriad t{;ou2;lits arise widiin 
t>4^ ;4 ^^y breasi,aii(l I'oo 1 my soul to utmost "brim. 
j'^^^OBNor hcrecoaiiue.l, within my bosom pent; 
:■ / _;l/ri'.s streams of thougut and feeling fortk 

^ \ri?}^-^ ^^'^ scat: 

As vrher a fo.iiitain prer:s,cd bv ocean head. 
Or subtcri-.moan stream, hy mountaia 
torrents fed, 
U X^dweiling- in tremendous Ibrce, and flowing 
A river, by a thousand tributaries urowing. 
Our feeble speecli, a tube diminutive, 
Tiiro;j^-h v/Iiich r. mmd S3ni3 thoiiglits to mind may 

Can only l)2ar a stream! 3t from the flood, 
TJiat issues from a soul inspired ••(.' God, 
Ail! could tiic soul a scope of languiige find, 
Tluit woidC convey to fellow human mind. 



IWEDITATlOirS OX THE rPtAirji 



The boundless volume tliaf it issued fortli, 

Swelled by streams that head iu heaven and earth! 

But mind, a part or faculty ot" soul, 

Cannot transmit the fulness of tlie whole. 

So language, formed by finite int3Hect, 

Is vastly for the soul inadequate. 

Our Avords but signaliz3 imperfectly 

The blessed visions that our spirits see. 

As signs of ideas, tell but meager parts, 

'Of what "we inward feel, to fellow hearts. 

Thank God for One to whom tlie human breast 
May pour out all, and sink to hallowed rest. 
Each Avant, though inexpressible and deep, 
Ue reads and fills Avilh love and grace repleto. 
And all our conscious debts of gratitude 
That lade our lieart,made pure in Jesus' blood. 
Though greater than our lips can e'er express, 
Our souls may bring to Ilim in righteoasness. 

Man, formed to hold converse Avith God on high, 
Who reads the mystic meaning of a sigh. 
And ail the scroll our deepest feelings wiite^ 
A volume ever hid from human sight — 
May pour to Him the torrents of his soul, 
Of Avhich man takes a pr.rt, but God the Avholo. 
For God and man possess ;i language, deep, 
Unwrlt on earth, nor man with innn can speak. 



Tov.yis CF or.ACE a:7d TrxTii. 3a 

•Ko Iiere my soul upon lliis praine vast, 
Icoams far abroad, then up to lleav'ii is ci^t. 
Like soma swift boat with precious lading speed?. 
And brings from distant port its couatry's n3eds. 
So mou!its,'AYith freight of gratitude to Heaven 
My lie rt, and then returns with bounties given. 
Our tliouglits soar up in meditation's llight, 
As meekly bows th3 Sun to introduce tlie niglit. 
O prais3 the Lord foi' all His mercies felt and seen I 
For this virgin plain so modt^st, fresh and clean. 

The jungle deep, and scrubby thicket maze, 
S3em formed for knaves, who shun the open gaze. 
As late encountered in Missouri's wilds, 
And dark monotic barren oaken hills; 
No hundred miles from that not3rioi:s place, 
Where murd'rous brnditi ma le their name's a curse. 
The lawless mob, dark masked, and hell inspired^ 
fjame on our quiet midnight camp retired. 
Led by sat an who retaliation sought, 
For the loss his kingdom suffered on that spot. 
Because expelled from many souls he'd io:nl, 
Orlered u-< to leave the consecr.itcd ground. 
?uclis -rub oak haunts seem fit environments of hell. 
AVhi'.e on lias plain but holy saints sLonld uwell. 
Here all is naked, open to the eye, 
TJio iireen carpet intercepts the fl-^^ocy skr. 



iii:d:t '>T:o^-s ex Tin: r?,A]rjK. 



SiiVG Ly niglit, all must walk in neighbor's siglit,. 

T^^liile thickets cover darkness day and night. 

Where uclions lay exposed to human gaze, 

It puts restraint against pernicious ways. 

All men should know that darkness covers not 

Their deeds from God, who sees tiic hidden plot. 

And that our steps are vierrecl by human eyes afat 

Should remind of Him who sceth every wliere. 

Yet even on this fair and verdant plain, 

Men curse their souls with blackest Ibnlest stains.. 

in rascal schemes the west all earth excel, 

The multitude are racing Oii to hell. 

Tile rogues here purchase lands of honest fools, 

Agree to jiay tlie price in well Ijioke mules, 

Then ship to their enraged and '.stonished view, 

Oast-iron stock, with, eacli a t.iroke]i limb or two. 

Ho i\\])\e this, nor isolated cr.sc 

Of hellisli Irauds and wills lliat keep apace 

Willi the driving rusliiiig oc-cidentLd speed, 

For pell' and cveiy basv and sensual greed. 

*So e'eu this pure (U'lighllul prain3 scene, [nieaiiy 

That should' rebuke- e;ich tliought and act that's 

The fiend hath us-xl to lill (.he Iieart with lust, 

luvtaite y!oit for canker e;it.'ng rust. 

While o^t wit'jn t'le rr.sl/c VvooJland cot, 

'Ih.-'i lij.iil of i'rj ;"idju.,v- i.i iieVr io:v .t. 



rOKJIS OF GI^ACE A^V> Ti'.UTII. U% 

There walled about by barren roeky hills, • 
Man, blessed Avith poverty's contentment, tills 
And reaps his little range of fertile nooks, 
Th.it nestle in the sti."eanilet's fork and crooks. 
No avarijio'js thoijht o'erleio the bounds 
Of those hills, that fix the liimt or Ms grounds. 
In honest sweat he eats his daily food, 
And pays to Gocl his debt of gratitude. 

Behold that S3ene ye wretclrsd prairie sharks, 
"Whose craving well nigh 'grudge the meadow larks. 
A place to light and sing your Makers praise, 
Gods yourselves ye"d rather be o'er all you gaze. 
Is this the tribute you return to ( od, 
For the blessing of this verdant sod? 
Fix ye no limit to your selfshncss? 
But crave, and rob, and cheat and dicposscss 
Tliy fellow men far as thine eyes can see, 
Of homes God gave to them and not to thee. 
And He that gave hath noted tliy deirauding rooks, . 
And thy extortions, in His judgment books, 
'\Vhich soon wi:l open in His final court: 
There summoned, all shall give a, strict recount. 
Iliat d[\y will search thy heart's no it secret springs.. 
In perfect balance weigh thy blrchci-t sins. 
The poor opprc£S2d shall at thnt bar appeal, 
And lind reCr:i:s from iJ y optprcLsive heel. 



-3S JIKlllTATIONS OK TTIK PPAIHTE. 



Ye wicked, who by stealth your coffers fill, . •< 

Will there be sentenced to eternal helh 

O tiiink ye dwellei's on this beauteous land, 
How much ye owe your Makers loving hand. 
Turn now thy mind toward the rising Sun, 

'Th5! rugged woodland coast, where first begun 

"Thy sires, Avith hearts of iroa liardihood, 
To charge upon a thousand miles of wood. 
They swung their steel in cheerful honest toil, 

-'And let the sun-shine on our freedom soil. 

. In vain the red-man's knife, and wariike danco, 
Nor forest trees withstood tiieir bold advance. 
They faced the lofty phalanx's fearful odds, 
Commanded by the ancient oaken gcds. 
Thougli angry storms tliey'd braved from tiny birtli, 
They bowed their crest and shook their mother earth. 
There lay their ]iondrous trunks with many a limb, 
On chai-ged the woodland anls to chop and trim, 

'^lo log, and j.ile, and burn the trash away. 
Your fathers sweat and labored night and day, 
Mid reeking lires th;;t drew tJie painful tears, 
Each cleared his farm b.y patient moil of yeai-s. 

•Its not the easier thing a man can do. 
Existing in a vroodhmd country, new. 

"Nature — Vv ].o moved in lirst, a good long while — ► 
•lias thingi already some what hci" own style, 



rGi::,i: of gp. \ce axdtrutu.' 



^ 



Anl slie don't want her ^YOod]aJKl sj/'l'^nclors l)at- 

Iler rjstic funiitaro broke up aiils-,'att:!rjd,[terecl, 

Her p:iiiitiiii:s, wLicb I0112; years ago were done 

I>y that old sjileiidid artist-King, (he Sr.n, 

Torn down and dragged in civiliz.U ion's gutter, 

Or sold to purchase soUlcrs" broad and butter. 

S'la don't want ihings exposed, Irorn porcli to clos- 

A;id so slie IJnd o' n:igs the man v.dio docs it. £et — - 

8ho CAirirs in her packets bags ol' seeds. 

As general rgent of t!io thriifiest vrceds; 

A^ho sends her blackbirds i;i the early morn, 

To superialcnd i)is iields oi' planted corn; 

She sails moi-cultoes — leeches perched on v.ings — 

To pcisovi him with blood-devom-ing stings; 

Shd loves iicr ague-muscle to display, 

And sliake him up— s]y e\'cry otlier day. 

iShs spunis ji's oilered hand with silent gibes, 

And compromises wilh tlie jiidiaji tribes; 

(For (hey w.Uo've nvks: led with Ids bloody arts 

S.iy Katuro always lakes an Indian's part.) 

In slicri. liCr loii is e\'eiy d:\y increased. 

To E..-are liiin out. aul hustle him back K;isl; 

Till hn'IIy. it ;jj)j)ears to Iier Sv>me day, 

Tliat ho Jias made arr mgements 1 r to stay; 

Tiien sh.e turus 'i'oand. as sweet as a:\y i.liiug, 

And lakes her new-made iiiend ii.tiUlie riim. 



43 3ir:i;:TATioxs (■l^ thk rrvAiciK. 



And eliaiiges from a snnii into a purr: 

Fr m mother-iu-lavf 1o motlier,asit vrere."-* 

Tlicro sat the vrocclsman on his cabin sill, 
"IVh.en dusky eve had lid liis ax be still, 
j\nd cast his eyes tovrard tliat timbered spot, 
Wliero all tlio day Ids utmost str2n3;tli Jiai "wrongiit 
There, on tliat (( v, 'rirg; I'ror.t otliving j^recn, 
Scarcely a }'crcepii\e cli-m^^^o is seen. 
Then gazing round upon the small domain, 
"Which he'd released JVom stuvd.y timber's claim — 
And that contested yet by roots aiii slumps — 
The poor man's cour.igL' i'alls into tlio dnnijis; 
His bosom si.dis, until at lost it breabs 
In v\'ords, and thus, nddresi.iiig ^\iie, bo spcalc-?, 

'•I've just been tldnkiji:!- Jane while sdiinir hcrey 
rioAv we sliall live until tiiis lan<.l is clear. 
How loi^i^; ajid liard we Ijoth. have v.oj'kod, an.d now 
We've \u}t a «pot A\-iierc^ roots adi;ni llio plow. 
1 look my ax this mo;';]iug Ibelin^ ^Irony; and well, 
And ihou<i-bt I'd nuike tlds tbiv oi: <;":e;irim; tell, 
liui lookiiii:; o\"cr tlieie d ^eouis to jne, 
AiU-r all I've done i Jiiu^by nnss a trej;. 
1 (b.ir th:,d, \.\'. ^liidl boi!), ]j3 in. our ^/rave, 
K're whcfo tb:.!t iiiubor stands, the wJieiit "ivill wave. 
'i'hin^s look Jiiijddy \voo'l.-(y, and our r'vosnevts blue, 
(.'an you tell mc how vo".!! wcUlar^r k tjiioauiiif 



rOKVS or G1ACK AND TRUTH. dii! 



"Well Jolm, 'lis Ime we cant see far abroad. . 
Yet from our nick we can look up to God. 
And this we'll do, we'll trust Elini l)y H's grace 
Beyond this ragged woods lie hides a smiling •a.cer- 
Tlie very trees so thick, and tantalizing high, 
Tliat niock our hope and all our strength defy, 
"Were plant( d by our Hcav'nl}'' Father's Avill, 
As sentinels to guard ngainst a greater ill." 

''True, wife,, vre should no providence arraign. 
But think hov/ nice, were this an open plain, 
There's no sale for wool, and I can't understand, 
Why 'tis piled up here so thick upon the land, 
We chop and n"gj;er, grub, and wear our lives away,. 
Arid ()ften lift until we see the stars by day. 
^yiien once we sow upon our fallow clod, 
Our bodies loo are reidy for the sod." 

"Nay my husband do not thus repine, 
Or sit in Judgment on the Lord's design. 
Hope, our strongest shield against despair, 
Needs some wise restraint, lest soiiring in the air. 
And building many lofty castles there, 
Reaction comes, she falls and proves a snare. 
Subverted liope, transL'ending reason's altitude, 
Like the lit.', dips, llounders, 5^)lunges in tlie mud.. 
So wer3 this land all fr^e from nature's growth— 
Which to encounter men are even lotli, — 



A'2 ^J?::)^^ATIo:T.^ (.:s t;i:: kia'-his. 



T>']jat l)o:incls vronld V.\2n t>..y smi^oiiii? raptnrrs iind? 
11x1 ravaga nee would paint ]:er pklure in thy mind, 
<Jf highly colored vanity and lure, 
With caution, prudence, aiid ecor.oiny obscure. 
And thinking riclics trer.sin-ocl i;i 1]iy Inp, 
Thy healthlul toil to indolence vroukl slack. 
JSIext on thy place dread mortgnges would rest, 
Far worse encumbrance than Ihe timber pest. 
"Worms or beetle— drought or tempest— on a 

farmers land may fall: 
Cut for first-class ruination, trust a mortgage 

'gainst tliem all.'' — '■• 
Then count no more these trees of value nauglit, 
Thej^ stand a faillii'ul guard around, tliy cot, 
And check those lliglity sanguiiie nyinphs of hell, 
Wliicii oVr llie prairies roam about at will; 
Jnilaling men with fancied thrirtiaess, 
-And robbing them of what they do possess, 
lixcited liope runs headlong into debt, 
Tlien slides its viciim in tlie baiikrupt pit. 
You vaiuly wish this wools were all an open plain. 
But foresee not what evils there niight reign. 
Would Jiot snakes liiss and rattle by the million, 
Because jio sticks and,edubs at hand to kill them? , 
So John you see lliercvre drawbacks every where, 

*CAIiLETO:(. , , 



roMis OF Gn,ACK a:;d 'ir-rrn. dU 

'IJj! f^onientinent is ilio nest to IvO^p tliowenjiicrfoir, 
-Sfocl.aded round by luiture's rough eTiviroinneutS; 
We o'vve yet nnich to nature's I'rovidenco.'' 

Tims spake tiie' \v3ary yeomm's noble wilb, 
Ar.d raised liis drooping spirits into lil'o. 
'•"Such wer3 tlie scenei^ o.'t witnessed, when of yore, 
Settlors felt tlie wolfs dread g!-ia\Ying at the door. 
ti'M to their task they bared tlieir Ir nvuy arms, 
In years oi'loil, e'er jileid^ stored their barns. 
Out of forest Aviids, by muscde Sirong ::si steel, 
They hewed a nation, free from tyrant's Jieel. 

'J'hus a (honsand miles of wool were cleared awr.yy 
.And sunlight entered froru the closing day. 
-Af-.tonished. cried tlrj woodsman, '-Lol 1 see 
An open woild with neither slirub or tree.,'' • 
What can this be? A desert vast and drear, 
A barrer, empty, worlhless. l-.emlsphere ; 
-An ocean wide of parched and naked grtaind. 
With scarce a spsar oT vegetation found; 
■Save on the margin, of each crystal stream, 
A long and winding thread of living greeu. 

But sliall this vast expanse bo over waiti? 
And ^iell no blessing to iiie human race ? 
Nav, c;cd resev\od tlds broail and liicless [/...in. 
Till u:) ^\)ti r^^n.ained !< r ycfinianry (o claim. 
Thou He who =-tm-:-. ^ a iViiilfid. laud lo barrcnueso," 



■Li 5:'-T>iTk-io"S OX TfiK p:i\i?>.:t:. 

E::c.msc of nnn's presumptive wickedness. 

Now loiiclio 1 (he silent dcsoit by His lianJ, 

Anl lo! it blossomed as the rose at His commnnl. 

First appeared llio little downy "buffalo,'' 

Following on the meadow graps began lo groTT. 

Tjicn the all creative smilv^ of God 

Sowed His variegated I'owcr seed abroaT. 

And a tliousind miles of ilord girlen poured 

Their fragrant incense to Creation's Lord. 

^Vhose artistic skill imparts ever\' hues 

Of purple, crimson, violet and blue. 

IVlioso exqiiisile pencil streaked the HovrcrGta, 

^yd touched with uniformity their sets. 

Hare plaids of lavish care in. eastern roam, 

In this waving sea of bcaut}^ grow and blcom 

In their wik^ profusion, only tended by 

God's. hand, and his own beauty loving eye. 

Here all the cactus family abound, 

Their monstrous leaves spread out upon the ground; 

Jk£-ct with needles, like the devil's tongue, 

Anl with alluring tloral goblets bung. 

The mountain shadows fall upcn the cactus sLrub, 

A loosely woven peif orated wood. 

The rosin lifted high his golden crest, 
A lloral world its gracious Maker blest. 
Then came the lark, and all the leathered throng, 



' roi::^rs or gt^ace a^d T:urir. 45 

An "J, in!=;p"ro(l, broke (lio silence wlili a Ron^i- 

rr-^-i ]ook^\T ngiin. Bcliold! lio^v clianged the scene! 

Lo-12; si!im])\-iiig nature sudden rpiirrs to green. 

(50I mado a new. edition to our world, 

(iool ti ling-.5 to tlio lioniclcss thus unfurlccl. 

AuT as a starving herd rush fhrougli liie ibnco, 

When opc-ned to a pasturo rich, inimcns?, 

A inillion '»prairie schooners" pnsto steer 

Toward the llowerdand, from brusliy tangled clear. 

And all ye traiiiS with awful blazing eye, 

Drop down your track, as vivid lightnings fly, 

-And pour 3'our streams of emigration, brought 

From all tlio world, and as by magic dot 

This Y;ist domain with its unmmibere^l homes. 

Here, new-born hamlets svrift to cities rise, 

To all past human progress a surprise. 

Thus, after knnb''nng on in feelde might, 

*'The star of empire westward (ales lier jligJit?^ 

Hear now ye restless prairie demi-godis 
Yf ho ne'er have blacked your hands on "niggered" logs, 
y^\\Y foul your souls, upon this Eden land, 
All pure and fragrant, ready made to hand. 
Grass-set and leveled to the shuttle krnfe? 
The loving llowers blush at your ingratitude, 
And shocking f-in against (3mni{ic Good. 
Though no ruixged bows hang threatning o'er thv heady 



]\ri:r]T ATToN5-4ff 'iTfRi; TmiRiK. 



rg ■■ ■<■ !."j!g'<7 g!;.'ij ' f !-ii,iL!j^^ y i.'.'."^'? -^ ' jLBjj -;t VBa» ' y *<> 



ri ig leiTor's slinift \vill Ifiy I;ii33 with tin dead. . • . 
The tariinliila, liaiiy devilsliape, 
AVilh dreadful poison menaces thy fate. . . 
And lurks the still more deadly centiped. 
To-day, who knowest, his bite may end thy grce3. 
The bracing winds tliat paint thy cheek with bloom, 
May chant thy sokmn rec^uiem to tlie tomb. 
Repent thy folly then, and Heaven's v.isdom sliare, 
So thy heart shall blossom lilre tiiis prairie iair, 
And He Avho wisely checks Avitli drouth thy wrongs 
Will bless and cheer the land with harvest songs. 

But what the muse has given us to sing, 
I^ scarce begun, and shall we now begin? 
<) must tliis feeble mind attempt to draw 
A scone so deep of bliss, of woe aul soleinn awe, 
W.tli only straitened words at ou;; command? 
A scene unearthly langi;age would demand? 

One year had passed since de:Uii dissolved the bond 
That Jirmly knit two souls in lo\e so fori:!. 
Still bled the sundered tendrils of our iieaj-t, 
It seemed a trying providence to part. 
Pure and modest as the sunnner's se(ting sun, 
Our sweet walk oi' live bright years seeaiel J est began. 
i3ut lis v>iiose wondrous i^race and love can iioal 



poK:\rs OF GracE and truth. i*t 



O Kr ■ v.'o u 11 (] R.-f. 11 fl all .Xnilraiitics,,^!! feci , 
/\nl riik'lh nil in Heaven, and earth, and hell 
IW His own wi?,dq]jii.,,a,nd l^eingnaiit Avill, 
And thiis voiic'lisares to His peciiliar seed, 
Tliat all imist.-work jur gocjd to. them indeed. 
Now touched tlie ibuntaiu of that Iieait bcrc-aved, 
And \\rought a ]iiy,sti<:, chariii;^ that, qui to relieved. 
How strange that Tauzoa — nar.iein menviy blest 

• iShoiiId hold no more, within alFection's. breast 
Tlie ]>lace of wife. Yet love, on higher plain, 
"W'iJh angels bright associates her name. 
A:uid tlje scenes of Heaven's panidise,. 
V.'c bold. thee, not by tlnse, terrestrial iijs. 
An 1 I'.us rjvea^s the lS,pirit oT the Lord, 
llow it can .be as written in His \V^oi:l, 
That w'hen the tennous threacl of lill-Vj, dissolved, 
^Surviving one is from that law absolved. 
r^cxt unthonght ^vhispers dropped froiTi lleav'irs 

throne, .... 
We .should not complete ouj.- ])ilgrir.).a.:xc aIo)ic. 

'Twas at, this tiino.t.he Spirit's voice roverded, 
This, ii3\v-hpiiied. plain should be; our n:ii.s..i(.)n lield. 
And to the. call we westward bc^nt our way. 
13iit just before, upon a.Sabbatli day — . 

- A; U«ousui 1 times that favored day we. blest; 
,!;()r fro !i it sprang love's plant wiihin our u!0-^=t. 



■S3 iiiEi)iTATroN3 OX Til ;>: rr.ATinK. 

Il^y -g^gjg' y ^ig^t>"'y -^gayy --^^tfjy y^^ji^^ay^ v^gg^ \ygJ 

A fountain liead it lyroteil to lis, nulciio^xn, 

From Avluch a ciystal stream of bliss hath llown— 

In company we walked the pasture sod, ; , 

To meet in worship at the house of God. 

O'er head the sunshine smiled peculiar sweet, 

And nature's carpet soft beneath our feet. 

Our C0ur33 lay winding' 'long a pleasant glade, 

And birds were sweetly singing in the shade.. 

There chanced — or rrovidence had so designed — 

'i'o drop an only one witli us a pace behind, 

A sister, modest, pure, of guileless piety, 

or deeply marked religious fimiily. 

And though her face rare charms of beauty wore, . 

Her graceful form but plain apparrel bore. 

Vv'^e talked of our prospective mission, far. 

The storms and dangers we- might hazzard there. 

And just before we reached the sacred place, 

Came this beautiful thought 'twould bo a mear. so 

If blessed with a christian corrosj)ondence [grace, 

With one of such sweet tempered innocence. 

What of int'rest in our travels to relate, 

We deemed that hand so kind would compensate. 

Tiie boon was asked, ani gained tlio fair's consent. 

Undreamed as }xt onr Fathers wise intent. 

Then taking leave of frh-nds [ind bretlu-en all, 

I set forth toward the field of duty's call, 




Ti\o->|er faec rare el^arins of beaaiy wore. 
Her graceful form but plain apparel bore 



PCEJIS OF GEA't'E A^^D TllUTU. 43 » 



Aboard the chaviots of proplietic faille, ' • 
All'^rdiraiag like the lightning" in their train. 
As predicted ii this preparation time, ! = 
IIow they Avou'd il}^, with "llaniing torches" shine;; 
And so SNvift their meted time Avonld make, 
That b}^ their co irse, most terribly would shake 
The fii' tree : agitated by tiie riven air^ 
JUishing Avild to fdl tlie vacuum in the rear. 
And looking out upon the landscape round, ' 
Irccs, leiices, buildiiigs, eveii mother ground 
tSecm frightened, panic-struck, and taking flight. 
Hills like laiiibs, skij^yping, lleeing out of sight, 
All creatiGu like a swoepiiig avalandie, 
Breaks loos(3 iii front, and pell mell rearward rush, - 
AVhirled back as by the iury of a hurncan<>, 
While beneatli t'A'O raids as lightning stream. 
Tiui^ borne along, as by the wings of; lime, 
We mused upon 'the deep proplietic*chime . '.-■ 
;0f iioly seers, Avhb inthis message "all agree, 
Just eVr' lime's transit i-c^ached cternily," 
On lightning' ^uiiis swift ilyiiiga-jigjls' would 
j\.iriieaven sound aloud the trump ofGod. , 
Thus 'gal hering into olie the true el^^t _ 
Troiii every 'Ibid t>f babel creed mvl sccC 

Oa'we'speH toSvdrd th© ■day's es^piriiig; gleam,- 
Tru'iisityi ng faihcr-rivcr's ;mig]i1f ■ stream, .- , .vc 



■^3 jiKDiTATioxs ON THE rnAir.n.\ 

ilTnrling broad ricli Iowa into the rear, 
Beliold! Nebraska's virgin' plains appear. ' 
Wlien crost the Avestern tributary, dark. 
We quailed the air upon this fragrant park. 
Here gazing round, far o'er tlie valley Blue, 
^Our optic nerves soon painful weary grew; 
JBecause no distant object intercepting rose, 
liindly bidding virion stop and take repose. 
Lo ! liere iniinortal souls Vv-^e usual found 
In two successive earthly temples homed. 
Tlie outer turf-brick or sub-earth "doga," 
The inner their terrestial mortal body. 

Here then avo published Heaven's holy Word, 
Inviting wayward men to come to God. 
And not in vain ; for many a ransomed soul 
'Was written down in Heaven's living scroll. 

To promise true those welcome letters came, , 
And cheered tlie traveler o'er the lonely plain. 
Each one tli:it wiuge 1 its journey to and fro, 
Seemed with dee])e; words to burn and glow, 
'Till both were for;ol to own, from friendship's seed, 
There'd sprang the l^Men plant of love indeed. 
Still growing up Dnd spreading rapidly 
Sweet blos'.oms, folded up in modcsly . 
Adorned lliis holy tree of paradise ; 
!Ili.:s3 blooiiiing in- o love's ecstatic bliss.; 



Tlie ease vras plain, nor could tlio sc^crct rest, 
■Silent, smothered iu tlio enamored l:re;rst. 
J>ove Iiatli a voice, and Jiath a Ij^fuing ear, 
]vno\v^tIi wh3:i to spoak, knowetii love ■'.vili hear*, 
l.ove, pure, riatonie, Heaven]}', Divine! 
What ecstatic raptures in tliy ten.'plc sliino! 

*'A]niig]ity love ' Avhose nameless po'ver, 
This glowing lioart deiines too >veli, ■ 

Wliosa preseiK'C cheers each fleeting hour, 
AVhose silken bonds our souls compel, 

Plii'nsing such a sainted spell, 

*'>.^s gilds our being with the light. 
Of transport and of rapturous bliss,' 

And almost seeming to unite ;■ 
The jovs of other woi'ids with this, 

The Heavenly smile, tiie rosy kiss ;— r- 

"Belora Av' osi- blaze my spirits shrink 
My s.'ns'.s ;.H a/e wrapped in thee 

Tliy fon e lowji lo mucli, to think 
(So lull, so great thine ecstasy) 

That thou a -c less than deity." * 



ijJ srEoiTATLOXs CN TFiK rr.Air.iK. 

ro;f Oil 1 in^ngination's Lii^^l.t forccrsf, 
This Jove thirsty soul was s, itiatoly blest. 
All. o\v (his bright insjiiving lloral plain, . 
^V'liere e'er onr circling pilgriinage had, lain, 
At morn, at noon, in evening's sacred calni, 
Iir vilhige street, or driving.o'er the lawn, 
By da^'- ornight, alone, or in the multitude, ' • ' 
Bjforo our eyes that form of beauty stood. ' ^ 

The mourn Tul cooing of the gentle dove — 
2\I>iek, honored symbol of higli Heaven's love — - 
JJaplized Our Spirit in an' oceaii tide. 
Of love, that v\inged its object to our side. 
The singing lark, so checrlul, sweet and clear, 
Oft 'lighting, by its welcome notes to cheer 
Our way far o'er the prairie, blank and niw, 
»^cenied the voice of her 'my vision saw. 
'Without thy snnde, thou fair and lovely onol 
O what were I ? a world without asun. 

Did Tennyson '-of fair w( m'en dreflm" — • 
Lo! our eyes of (he fairest one have seen — 
*'Orihose/"(^r-renowncd brides of ancient song" 
Oft dreamed we of one as fair, ?( present one. 
Present i' yea (ho' a thciusand^aniles awaj'^, 
Her angel sjarit lingered found hiy \vay. 

'TA'as iixed in Heav'n and here on eartli well knowa 
Tv.'O hax)py spirits i'nto oiie had ilown. 



POEMS OF G?vACK AND TnUTII. &J 

Two souls united by love-s golden band, 
K6\v offer to each theii- lieart and their hand. ; , 
Hut one rosorvatiou \ve did record, , .. 

•'•'Jo thee I i:i\e all, but liiii'hcst my ioi'd, 
J s S:t\i(;r and God, my heart nsust enshrine ; 
In the path of His Mill, my dcrr I am thine.'' 
"All thine, and forever,"' the i"air replied, 
■".My liib and my Torluneto thee I confide." 
A ihousnnd "God Idcss dear Sarahs" wero breathed. 
Ten thousand God-thanks for the favor received. 

The months slowly past,- ol't counted ahead, 
Triien eastward a,i;nn our journey would speed, 
.And time v, i i:; us back to the dear beloved, 
Wliose rival tried heart so constant had proved. 
Like Jacob when serviiig for Jlachel his charm, 
We Avaited our j'car, al iding the time. 
While Aveekly wo quafted t'lo pur3 nect'rons cup, 
{Their sweetness me lln'nks e'^n tMri;cls would sip,) 
'Tlia*: llowed from a hand t!iat was wariidy moved 
By love's holy ilanie, and devoutly loved. 

Time wore away, and the hist Scibbath came, 
"That held us in duty upon this plain, 
'The sweet Gospel Tabors it brought were done, 
And bur heart ached sweetly as sank the sun.. 
His bright glovvdng face seemed smiling with cheer, 
'To welcome the close of our exile year. 



CI . T.iKDiTATroxs ox tiih; rR.Ainir;. 

17e WiUolieJ lils sv.'cct spnr'dcs like g-oLl in the mint, 
*i'ill (winkliii;^- in tlio grass his goo.l niglit s'j^uint. 
AVe sLipt 'till o.-i.jut gleimiu^s bil ns ri33, 
And lly away to our adored ]u-izo. 

O l3t my sou], and all vrithin give praiso, 
F<;r liie liand lliat raarketh our sun-lit ways! 
-NVxt to the girt of Heaven's only Son, 
I .gloriCy Ilim for this sweet pure one, 
In whom such charms and virtue all combine, 
That it seems ])resumplipn to call her mine. 
TiVansiixed we gaze upon those eyes and ween, 
-'Is this a dream of some unearthly scene ? 
Nay, 'tis real though marv'lous in our eyes, 
llath God bestowed on us this great surprise ? 

The blessed hour came, and side by side we stand 
Jn solemn gralefid joy each grasped the liand 
We prized ahove nil others 'neath the sun, 
To men confessed tluit God had made us one: 
l"or long e'er (his, in Iloavan's couit was scaled 
Oar union, only now on earth revealed. 

Tliank (lod ibr oiw. tnce left of Paradise! 
Found in tlie l.'Iis^- of a devoted vrifc. 
i\s sung by o;i'^ of lIo;'\'e;i\s favored bards 
Wiien tun^.'d by his i^olia's Cond regards. 

'■What i^ iliere iii \\ii-. v;de of liie, 
liall'so delightrul lis ;,i wile, 



roFM^' OF G?v\c:: and TiirTn. .55* 

Vrhciv IVieiidsliin, love fiiiJ- peace comLine, 
1 o stamp (he luamage-Ijoii'l Divine ? 
"ilie stivum of piuv^ aiul geuaiue lovo. 
2)eriv(.s its ciiiTent Iroin abov^e; 
An] earth a secon 1 Kdeii shovrs, 
AVJiere e'er tlie healing v.'atcr Hots.'"— * 

'^The Trife! O, couKl I but roliearse 
Tier ])raiscs in iraiiior'al verse, 
AVIin, trusting in m;in\s plighted truth, 
AVill leave the loved ahode of youth, 
"Will leave a mother's gentle care, 
Life's good or ill with him to share; ^ 

For Iiim leave all home's tender tics, 
Its pleasures and its synqxithies ! 
Yes. all, though tears her eyes bedim, 
She Leaves, to brave the world with him, 
Ifdcv.M life's stream he gently glide. 
She's ever joyous by his side: 
Her cheering smile and gladsume voice 
Tell how slie can with him rejoice. 
And thus make life's short jouriiey seejn 
Bright as wild fancy's briglilest dream. 
J3ut oh! if adverse stonirs arise. 
And storms oVreloud life's l.iigl.test skies,-— - 
*Co\vrLr.. 



iio MITIl'ATIOXS ox TIIC r?.AI IS. 

Triien cill wliicli oiicq.seemed bright anJ fair 
Brings disnppoiivtment.aud clespair, 
WJieri f. "ends uvd fals.e,. aiil loss arp gtrong, 
'I'o heap upon liim shame and v.'i'dng,— ' 
AV'Jien all iinito ill filling up 
\Vit!i ])ittGrness life's mingled cup,'— ' 
She bears with cheorfuluess a part 
Of every grief that wrings his lieart, 
And e'en "wlien humbled to the dust 
Chc-crs liini with words of hope and (vusu 

. Like o\"rtru.de, she will by liim lineel 
"When gisping on th3 blo3ly wh33l, 

. And from him will not severed be, 
When in his deepest agon3\ 

. But as the tendrils of the vine 
Around the oak more lirndy twine 
When the keen blast most fiercely blows. 
And rages inid the lealless boughs, 
So does the wife still closer cling 
To man amid his suftering ; 
And when he yields his dying breath, 
She has a solace e'en in death. "^'•• 

Flesh of flesh, and bone of bone, mystery < 
If not Eden, tell me wdiat th}>- name may be. 

*"\ViLLiA3i Baxter 



Pol'31S CF CrACE AND Tr^UTII. C7 

Dcopcr, liigher still thy sacred cliorcls cntwiiio, 
-Merging twain in one, spirit, soul and mind. 
•O loYe-angel, native of liigli IJ^aven's throne, 
Thou hast a mathsmatic system of tliy own. 
I^ot one and ons inike two, as school additions ruD, 
J*Lit by thy rule, love! one and one m?ke one. 
J^nd should vile demons from the pit presume 
'To ren.t this warp and woof from Ileaveirs loom,, 
Tlie sequel, "one from one leaves naught"' 's untrue, 
..Alas ! by lo\"e's subtract'on, one from one leaves two. 

The round of blissfid nuptid visils paid, 
And all our friends and brethren farawell bade, 
Two happy mortals in new life beguu, 
WJieeled our chariot toward the setting sun, 
.And hero upon this free and sun It plain, 
Jjove found her realm oi m\Y3 Edenic reign. 
"With her most happy reinforcement:-, blest, 
"We resumed our mission labors west. 
A million llowcrs smiled along our way, 
Tlie feathered songsters, more than ever gay, 
Commensurative of our happiness, 
Tuned all their rbeful melodies afresh. 
■J lie silver luminary of the night, 
Seemed as the noon-day sun in glory ])righL 
Yfliile the king of day in heiglitened splender slione, 
In combined force of seven suns in one. 



5S MEDITATIONS ON THE rr.AIRIE. 



Tlie stars lliat sang tlic jovial CGlebratioii 
Of this terrestrial planets new creation, 
More than e'er embellished tlie nocturnal skies, 
With all their myriad twinkling eyes. 
TJius the myjestic heavens day and night, 
Droj)ped tributes to the least of love's delight. 
And all mnndane objects wore a floral bloom, 
T6 heighten and congratulate our honey moon. 
JSFor did tliat moon e'er wan or hide her face, 
As months and years sped on their rapid pace. 
For lime's strong hand makes all but true love old^ 
Its wealth more indestructible than gold. 
When in lire molten takes more lovely mold, . 
And endures till the heart itself is cold. 
Each passing \\'eek but added fervency 
To its pare llanie. And our felicity 
Wrouglit in iis deeper, warmer gratitude 
To the Benignant Giver of such good, 
On us, so lui'leservedly conferred ; 
«So o'er tlie plain our songs of joy were hearcl. 
The year we iraveled on this blooming plain, 
Embaijaed il in our mind as love's domain. 
Love added Ijoauly (0 tlie meadow green. 
And colored ijriglit the gorgeous cveiung scene» 
The sun'jci spread her l^right veriuuiion dyes, 
III awlu-' Liiiriu'cur on iht.' western skies. 



P03[L3 OF GIIACK AND TiU'TII. 59 

And lloocy clouds sublimoly roso in Avliit':^, 
AVitli eioldon linge, to heighten love's delight. 
She sparkled in the dewdrops of the morn, 
Gilded univers.xl nit'.ire with her charm. 
Her magic seemed to sp3rt with nature's law, 
And on the Iands3ap3 scenes of b3auty draw. 
The summer mi raged groves of shady green, 
AViiilei tranquil rivers winded round between. 
And often on our 'raptured vision brake 
The lovely mirror of a crystal la!vO, 
AVith goodly trees upon its curbing ground, 
Kellected on its silver bosom round. 
These illusions to the eye so perfect ])laced, 
Tiiat thirsty pilgrims o'er tiiis lonely w;iste, 
Turned their w^eary feet tow aril the prospect fair, 
To slake their thirst beneath, tlic foliage there. 
But th' receding picture, :uocking tiieir approach, 
Scon vanished, when, behoMI again encroached 
The empty plain instead upon ihcir stare, 
AVhen hope, thus b !fli3d, turned to sad despair. 

King-winter spread his crys^lal ;doi'y too. 
li-j.di distant object lifted high in x'lew. 
Th3 morning sunshirie on the gliit'i-ing fro^t, 
](s wondrous scenes of silvci'cd beardy cast. 
B.'ight i)yramids, and sIccijIcs in Uictky, 
And obelisks, niagnihceully high. 



CD MEDITATT0::3 ON THE P.l ilPJE. 

TliCSG crystal beauties images appeared 

Of that briglit fervent love our hearts cnieared. 

At last tlie i^rovidential time Jiad come, 
To leave our rustic little prairie home : 
And eastward flving o'er tlie broad domain^ 
We welcomad old familiar scenes again. 

Fall thirteen years ha;.* gone to ages past, 
sSince wife an.l I belield this sanny west. 
There came an epoch in our christian state, 
News that wo vrere v/illed a boundless rich estate. 
Yfe blessed the tidiiigs of surprising gain, 
Our title proving clear put in our claim. 
Twas granteJ, duly sisalel in Heaven above, 
And proved the h.'.'rituge of perfect love. 
O wondrous grace that we sliould now jDossess 
'J he Kingdom and the glory of perfected holiness 1 
Who could augur th;it heaven would bestow 
Sucli sweet fruition o;i His saints below? 
All iiiward foes eAplrod, cUid swept away, 
All darkness lied, and left eternal day. 
In this holy wallc witli .j''esus, peace is giv'n, 
Exceeding all our brightest drearus of Heav-a. 

Tliis greater, purer, sweeter gr.ice Divine. 
sun wanner did our hearts in love enshrine; 



rOE.MS CF GRACE A.NI) TJUnil. 61 

For graco ne'er destroys bat cjuiclcer.s, sancliriGS, 
r.niijrs 'iiiath tli3 Spii'it's rale, tlic natural ties. 
Thou pjjj?jM!io i w inl [Vdu sl.i a')3r3 djep 
ro-.uwl 0:1': it 3 y'li a5a3-.iio:i-3 at ou: ibat, 
Aio:i;5 (lio liigli anJ holy path wo trocl, 
in hope tj turn us from the light o!' God. 
T^ies3 only sank us deepsr into rest, 
And nndisturhed reposo on Jesus' urcnst. 
Each taunt wc saiFered for our Clirist Divine, 
Made brightv^r s'iU'Ilis glory in us sliine. 
Our bark was launched in a hsavenly stream 
That daily varic d in delightful scene. 
(Some years thus past in the beautiCul tide 
Of love and bliss t'lat more than salislled. 
3'^lected thus by grace and providence, 
IIopo llattcrcd us with coming blessedness. 
Hut ah! vain man, this wislom timely leaBii. 
Lean not on earth whoso tide adverse may turn, 
And sudden change the aspect of thy life, 
iVom prospects fair to sorrows deep and rife. 

Lo it came ! a stunning billow un forecast, 
All awful storai, a f.dl satmic l>la3t. 
Hell in tounsel struck his dark infernal plan, 
jN'cath preachers garb concealed tlie woej'ul baa. 
First there appeared, mysteriously witlial,- 
£ome leprous spots on can- domestic wall. 



€3 iMEDiTATroNS oi^ THE rr..M;;T:i. 

Tj'ie plague soon mniTed oiu- lioly fcllowsliip, 
Then ale like rn(Ah tlie tliroads oL'lovo IIkvl knit 
Our lieaiis and souls in sweet connubial ))liss, 
And made us one in s^'nipallietic flesh. 
infernal spirit; ';;;'iiisGd in subtile liglit, 
Plow cainest t]n;ough the line oJMIeav'n's vigils? 
Into our pure dojuestic paradise. [bright, 

No\y spreading liere tliy l)ane, and fell devise, 
Dei?j)oiling rudely our embrosial bower, 
Onr wanted joy o'er casting witli thy lower? 

. sweet departed angel — Jiarmony I 
May we aj;ai;i tli}'- sacred liov'ring see? 
O gracious Fiitlior! search my bleeding heart, 
If ouglit tliou llndest caused tliee to depart. - 
Lord sv^TCp it iionce, wh'di e'er the sacrifice ; 
Give liarraony, well Ijought at any price. 
Wiiy jiow dollv she. true helpmate Idtherto. 
h. coarse so mystic, and so changed jiu'sue? 
O wliy this pickiiig, carj>. incessantly, . 
A.nd CQjiceaKng wliat the fault may be? 
Wiiy tjio dear oni's sad and dismal moan, 
Alfornatijig vvJth iioN-iee Stock well's groan? 
r.iy Father ! inust we iiear it day and night? 
IlinSs and w^hlspering-i tflJing, 'die's not right,** 
Planting loolls tliat d'udv suspicions q,\>A^ 
Yet keep the devil tlioy imagine undei- nia.sk ? 



POEMS OF GrvACK AND TKUTIf. 63 



JEitlier slie we den.vly love, we can't deny, 
Most be deceived — O can I tliink it ! — Or -tis I. . 
■Sad conclusion, a worse coidd ne'er ]y.}tide, 
A diiennna dark as hell on eitlicr side. 
Were we to clioose wJiicli one of tv/ain it were^ 
Prove me the lost, Clod I but honor h.er. 
Dare I suspect tliat one beloved so dearly, 
One who so late was iiv the light so clearly'', 
I'liat her discerning wa.; to ine for eyes — 
That gift in her we'd marked witli i^Toat sirrprisc— • 
Dare I ]n"csunie tliat she I did esteem 
TJie chief of lioly saints, an ari^;el q_ncen, 
C(>uh.l have possiWy been latebr ovei-i];L'own, 
And brought this dread coiifisiou iri Oi/rlionic? 

gracious I*i'Ovideiice ! wlwd. (ver of vroo, 
"Whatever dark and cruel stonns may bjovv, 
<3r hellish monster rusli upon Ibe keel — 
AVith mad intent to blast and siiik il\c v»eal— 
Of our domestic bark tliat saibid bcnc-itb'. 
Love's banner, fair, and Iier <'/jlesli;i] peace, 
Most of all we dei)recate, and in'il'jre 
Deliverance Jrom the vcidict dnily toi-ced 'ho morev 
Tlial she we held innuicubilv; i-i s:^i<'. 
Is led captive "iiea'h, dccepii.;ir"s .i-irk (ontrol. 

Nay, 1 musl cast !iie ].Mi;.i'>:! ili:-',!i!it av/jiy^ 
And rather jiiiJgo myself, unl;ri:v.vi', a«(iay. 



Cu ziEDTr±Tio"Z cx nil'; ruAiiii: 



Then, desperate grown, liere Lf rJ wg liumLly knccl^ 
And pray, O God ! our family plague reveal. 
If still my lieart thou seost unsanclilied, 
Il:rrcal t'.n vrorst, tlnu let tlio blood applied, 
Purge from our Jiome the dark accursed thing, 
Ihat liarmony and love t'lcir wanted fruit may bring, 
O that '//■":" (unused in seven years of grace, 
-And covenanted ne'er to give a place, 
Yet now allowed for sake of her we loved,) 
A breech became, a dreadful darkness proved. 
Pour and twcntv' hoars we felt the dread converse 
Of faith's trancjuilitj^, we'll not rehearse. 
The shield recovered, lo! the Nazareno 
Sp.ikc, "Peice, be still ! " all. sank to sweet serene. 
Put still thero lurked around our household plague, 
J^or hushed the dropping accusations, vague, 
lloaning, groaning, duljious talk aside, 
Satan gathered into darkness, .tlien denied 
lliat I were saved at all, but sore deceived, 
IV^hich, her unwilling to suspect, I believed. 
Bewildered thus in old Despair's domain, 
We feared thatjiope Avould never .smile again. 
Before the Church we humbly prostrate fell, 
There beseeching God to break the horrid spelL 
That moment, lo ! in joyl'id sweet. surprise ! 
Jesus blest, and bid us trusting thence arise. 



roEMS OF G?. vci': mid 'j.ijrm 



N r diJ this vot sulTicQ to raal;e ns own — ■ 
Swil't self (o judge . but others to iuiprone — 
T'lit \Yi vimlf .sD-j.<^\t to a^sLiii'lite, 
With spirits tlifit coiiaseled to prvjcipitiita 
Our soul into the net of hellish povrer, 
Oar strength lo crush, our peace <inl hope (levoiir. - 
Oft as by shield of fait!i, and Spirit''s Sword, 
(Some, footing gained, we in turn, its loss deplored, 
^t last God spake, '•'Woaldst t'lou successful run, 
'j'hen Christ thy IJead, thy v/Isdoin must become." ' 
True Lord! This lickinj; we've suTjred hitherto. 
Thy wisdom give! O Gol the boon bestow! 
'Jdien answered lieay'n in solemn awful tojie, 
'•',¥ilt thou my wisdom take ? lean on it alone ?" ' 
A moment's di'ead hung trembling on our mind. 
What's there so awaii with this gii't combined,. 
That its tender should be clothed in such appall?-' 
Our quaking so'.il slirank tempted to rec.dl 
'J'he gift implored, lest it forsooth include 
oome whitened furnace flame not understood. 
But O thou great and dreadful God, 
Are not thy mercies deep and broad? 
'idien like thy ancient singer, we 
To thee from nien and devils flee. 
Though awful round about thee Lord, • ■ 

"ILy favor can alone afford, \ . - 



'^6 3IEDITAT.T0NS OX THE PRAIRIE. 



A refuge for my hunted soul. 
' O God I bow to thy control, 
Tliy wisdom give wliat e'er the cost, 
Or, dear Lord ! my hope is lost ! 

"The Heavens bowed and sweet assurance gave 
' Tliat, after tried, such wisdom Ave should have, 
In which, henceforth our tranqnil soul immured, 
■ vShoidd'be from masked infernals well secured. 

The dreaded climax, came, tlie testing woe, 
"'Tv.'iis wlien assend.')led, saints and devils too; 
The fuddled pi'ophet spake, by hell inspired, 
And blinded souls his fulsome lies admired. 
The house was fdled Avifh "wild-ring l^aJjel Jogs, 
For out tlie i:runibhng prophei's nioulh, "like fro^'s'* 
Came evil ■witchiug spirits, more tlain three. 
And wrought liallucination's' trickery. 
On the lounge a hid'ous lion-or lying, 
A woman, frigiitl'ul, blind, and nearly dying. 
llor lifeless eyes were sunk, her ])hi/ grimaced, 
.Deep moaning, as by serpenls cod e]nl)raced. 
Behold {hat Droilier — late so good and i rue— 
-Ijepicting ^^'oe, as if (0 hel) heM broken through. 
-His limbs distort , as by rli'.'Unintics drawn, 
sliis couiuCiianco bescoWh>d. woel>egone. 

VriKil means tin's sir.iiigc ].honi»nena .- v/as ai^keil. 



T'OEMS OF GRACE AND TP.UTn. GT 

The w'liim]3liDg prophet, ^viih eyes to Ileav'n cast. 

And v.'ith a grave and sanctiinonioiis meiii, 

I'rognosticated on the mj'stic scene. 

'•Tis, said he, '"God's mighty powi- manifest: 

Kot in vain He's caused this miirve] en us rest, 

A v.'oiidrons vrork, no doubt on sonic oiie Iiere, 

]{e vrould perform, jast wlio Ile'Il make't appear. 

'J J;cn each of tender conscience 'gau to say, 

'•Lord is it 1? Lord is it I, or nay 'P 

Some vrere pi-esent needing mac!i salvation, 

Yei no subject ibr this great occasion. 

Eiscli in ])rel'ennont \vis!n"ng neiglibor's call, 

G;:zed round to see on v/liom the c^.o;^•o ^vould fall. 

TJie Spirit regen.d there me wliispered thus, 

'Tis doubtless ]'ov tliy sake this j)o'v"rs on us. 

If now "with wisdoiuV: gift thou Vv'ilt be ])]est, 

Just let tliy liosom's Avant be Jictc conl'ess'd'' 

'Tv.ns accept. ed; uii.^eeii its ford intent, 

^Ve ov, iiOvl our soui's pursnit, ,mil JiLunujy ijent 

A sii])plicnit in that internal maze. 

To e\i! spirit's nuicii elnted g;i;/;;. 

'I'lie lujuse'.iold liead of anti onjinanco 

])eiusi<m, darkness all his iiigh ])re!ejrse, 

His dwelling ^^^^ a conge-i!;)! ivsort 

Vvv holjgoljiin, spirits and eveiy gvaile and sort 

•jf unclean birds anvl beasts. And sii-Ji the croR^» 



CS jie])1ta'!Io:ts on thk riiAir.iE. 



^;^yyes;y3^-,-'35!S3^ V " js^j as ^ i ^^iL i y y 



JSfockwcll, exultant o'er us 'fore liini Lowed, 
Standing in high priests' ofliciation 
Ci'-itic'ly pried into our consecration. 
This question, surmisingl}^ j)ropounded — 

Then disgusting '-a ha*'s ibrth resounded 

^Do you consent to sell t'lo Gospel Trumpet?'* 
*'Yea Lord ! f:cll, or by thy counsel give it." 
"Nay but li. (ono with demons dark possessed) 
Greatly wants it, and is able to invest. 
Y'J^G feel that this is Father's firm decree 
And perhaps lie can't reveal 't unto thee; 
Therefore be wise and act upon our liglit." 
"I will. Dispatch for 11. 3'ou may this night. 
One condition. Should God, e'er the transfer, 
Interdict tliy order, His v.'c will prefer." 
Nay but that '^il" reserve you must leave out. 
Then God will greatly bless you we've no doubt." 
In that hour hell displa^^ed his subtlet}^, 
Heasoning that submission were humility. 
Quoting Scripture as to our Iledeemer, 
"I'ea all of you ba su]»ject one unto another." 
The chicanery of the devil fiercer raged, 
Adroitly en cm* sympathy engaged, 
By cimniag cmriiues.D our soul to crusii. 
-'Yield. t!i3n thesj droalful cries of pain v\'ill hush. 
Subiiiit theo to ths vdll of God on high. 



rOE."\IS CF G^IACE AND TIIUIII. C9 



'Or JI' robellions thcso mny oven die." 
A small mysterx)::s circle iiittrveji^^d,' 

•Twixt us alo-r3 nu I all wlio (liero cm'iv, iiod. 

This w ji c:;b[ ruiniJ ia iiiei'cy to ; .ot> ct, 
'The ioj lunicd 0:1 our conscioac'e to suspect 

I'hat wo wero wron^ find tlisy Avero soiij Divine, 

No le]lo\^sliip extended o'er the line. 

.olie, thouglit next to Oju-'s", a pillar to our soul, 

AVithout our orb, joiu:>d in the hdind co:idole. 
.So:n3 s lints, till nDv/ so doar, to oar surprise, 

Stood oil' and stared on us wit'a evil eyes; 

]-'or their iinaiiinations v, hirlcd around 
"Jly lielFs capJce, on v^diom he -willed they frov^'ned. 
'The cunning stratagem availed once more, 
■Our slullified and blinded vill g'avo o'er. 

In that maze of devils who could cooly think, 
■'Till rushed along upon the-, very br 11k 
•Ol'denyiug Cod in us His .Sovereign riglit. 

V^^e dropped the 'Tt,"' and pTmgel oar soul in niglit. 
'Then ceased the dying agonies. The yeaing 
■Gave place to liendish laugh, lili3 mulish braying. 

In vain they looked to see the promised blessing — 

Jnlernal waves, instead, our soul depressing — 

Disappointment brongn.t reilection to its throne. 

Conscience, reasoii, sense. Eil,-!e, all disown 
'The papal /j^ss dixit eamo from God. ■ 



73 lylKDlTATlOXS ON THE TRAirJE. 



Oencc instead of light cjiiJie the cliast'ning roJ. 
And Avlio 'rt thoa by dragon povv'r installed popo ? 
That thou pivsuni'.st Vvdth tlio Almighty cope 
And durst forbid tliat His effulgent beam, 
iSliould thy ignoble mandate contravene? 

Tlie assembly broke in satis fartion to 
The mixed tliro]ig, and to do.nioiis, as they knew, 
Or thought the}' know. God's Hying roll was f.akcji 
By the gates of hell ; ]io more to waken 
iSouls ill false; liope slunibring. and exposed to helL 
So demons iu tlieir frantic orgies yell. 
But wliere w;is .1 'i Of s: range liowildernicnt 
]\)?sessed, as if i;i helTs iuviroumont. 

We retired, no*' to rest, mind; less to sleep. 
We sardv benealh the Ivillo'^s-s. dark and deep, 
Of an infernal soa, Avlu'-re dr;v_;o;is lay, 
All mockiiig at our vain fd temp's to pray. 
The varied hoiTOJ-s of that disiiial nighl, 
We've even v»'ish.c.-l wero b:i;riislied i'rom our sights 
Blotted froni tlial darlv pa.ge of memh-ies book. 
The terrors of tiuif i'igid o'er tophet shook. 
J God Jet not ifi;^ muse here linger loi^g, 
Ibit pas-: this detlej'ul (ren^;r of our song I 

A wlvile we lay, liard gas[)i)ig ibr our breathy 
D.irkly imjrri-.or.evl, and hall' ci'uslied beneatli 
The slee]iers of an a.ncioiU cra^jy building. 



rOj;i:S OL GTIACI^ AND TilUTII. 



Whose foundation, the structure scarce upholding,. 

Were decayed, ill-placed and top|}ling' blocks, 

And nil seemed sinking to the earth and rocks. 

Around us loathed corruption niauii'old, 

Eailh, timber, all o'er s]n-ead by nauseous mold, 

Darkuess, tilth, and suflocatino; Immiducss, 

"With (hmger irniirinent cond^inod iji vrreteliedness.- 

8eeiiig, through tlie sjuall aperture neai'i the sill, 

The couuter ])apsiug fi :v,l of earthly drill ; 

And, ii:i the sunshine of the vorld wirliout, 

] fearing gleelul cliatieriiig, aud the merry shout, 

All added aggravation to the gio(im, 

]\Iade black the horror.-; of o;u- li\iiig toudj. 

No change of dismal fcene iirouglit iu relief 

To our soul, ihrus! to hell, alarmed with grief. 

Now turned into loix^Ji, or peti'iiaciion. 

Of which our ac'uai hulk were but a fraciien. '' 

Death menaced us l/eneath our poiidrous weigJit. ' 

Twixt earlii and liell ^\•e luuig ireiublin.g at our tale. 

Ifej-e I ])ause that iiigld/s iu.'eriial record, 
Oin- obse([uiousncss I has scoui'ged o!'(.iod. 

Nor were these tlighty dreams ot (rouhled sleep:.' 
No slumber h;ia that visit io tiie stygian deep. 
Nor are tiiey ])ro]uc(s of ciwitivo Ia;ic\', 
The iuysiic ii' ■y-iu'es (irawn upon by D.mte, 
And bards who . i'n i;;;nn ;iri;i;:;i nation : 



CO 



3ieditatio:ts ox the ruAiiiii 



7 "sas.-,.:?-^ '^SS^'v --u— ' V ^ 



- A«5 if iio po?ls" I]i3ni3 i:i Col's crer.lion. 
Wli)^ plunio the wings of llioug'lit to soar in vnpoiv 
"WliGii subjects real jnoro hoiior Hie Creator? 
"WJiy vreavc a thing of iiaiiglit to grace a poet's diction 
AVJien tacts are far mor j woiitleriul than fiction ? 

In strrg2;]ing prayer the sccining age Avas spent, 
Yet conscious tliat to Cod no prayer up went. 

. If Ihance been Iield to merge ou i>.il]i's condition. 
We should ne'er have seen mercy's fruition. 
O llis AYondrous inlinite gift of grace ! 
Unhoped, unexpected, ungra-ped l)y us, 
The morn suddenly Hashed iu streams of light, 
Ami swept iar away tlie horrors of night. 
Praise '-IJim that maketh. tlio s3Yen stars of Orion, 

' Turnetli the shadovi's of death to morning, 
And that makctli the day dark with nig'.t," 
And speaketli ilio utmost darkness to light ! 
Tlie prophet's blind edict vanished as cjuick 

. As demons that brewed it lied to the j)\i. 

Now joyfully loosed fj-om the sport of devils, 
Our soul unpiisoncd, and free from trammels, 
We leaped fortli in the air vith a sliout of praise, 
Hied to the olfice, ai:id bowed grateful knees. 
liO ! the h.eart and will of Cod then oj^ened deep, 

Jforlli down, down we sank, swallowed up complete. 

-As a child plucked from death, by love embracedj . 



rOK:iI; OF CT.XC]'] AND T I'JTJI, V^ 



Our soul, in (he .Losom of God cncrscJ, 
Jlejuvl, "I'm now thy wiscloni's impervious wall, 
■G;iinst all devils transformed in li^iit witlial. 

Then understood, thank lleav''ii ! our soul full-well 
TViiy that cjucslion on our mind with terror i'ell. 
^'Do'st thou truiy tidco mo for thy vrisdoni now V^ 
I'liis ordeal was needed e'er leariiitifc liovv^ ^ 

Cur foibling trust in creatures lo disconnect, 
And reliance on God tlio Lord to perfect. 
•O sweet wisdo^n ! TJiou God the Ibuntain art ! 
Thy Son the strer.m now f.o\vin.[>; in my heart! 

One day passed \yilh our holy, mind and soul, 
Locked completely up in God's direct control. 
IS^or voice, nor tongue had pov/'r to speak or sing, 
Except as moved by Hi in wlio dwelt within. 
Svi'eet silence, or words He chose to sp)eak, ■;. 
"^Vcre tliG hush of Heav'n, and freedom so complete. 
But words were few througliout that holy day ; 
iN'o needless talk God loves, simply 3-ea and nay. 

what clouds of dread perplexity dissolved, 
And painful anguish lied since wo resolved 
To dismiss all sponsors, and crouch no more 
To demi-gods, our conscience ruling o'er. 
A. miracle Divine, in a manner loosed 
The sacred tie that IJis liand had produced. 
Pledged to our safety, Fatlicr could not see 



Tl TJKDITATIOXS O.N lUi- rR.\i?.:i!;. 

..n lioiiest soul destroyed if to set "t free, 
He must undo, if need be, His own seal, 
"When subverted to a poison in the meal, 
And Satan's chord to draw us to perdition; 
Though dear 'tis sacrificed for our salvation. 

But lest the tempter here sliould take occasion. 
To throw, in trial's night, a darlc suggestion 
On hearts, where busy fiends their arts employ^, 
Wedlock's holy bond to sever and destroy, 
We qualify these lines in righteousness. 
And own the marriage law yet sacrsd over us;, 
Which but death, and one dark sin, can sever. 
^nd then 'ts a serious question whether, 
Even in the one condition stated. 
One may be to a second living mated. 

So then be it forever understood. 
That we are still one lawful flesh and blood, 
So long as both our heart pulsations throb, 
And we revere the holy Book of God, 
JN"o tempting thought, or wish, or stray desire, 
Shall to another's heart and hand aspire. 
Nay, God forbid that we should ever aid^ 
Or lend a sanction to the cursed trade 
In courts, where human flesh and Sodom bills, 
Are bought and sold as lust and mammon wills. 
Our ransomed spirit only then gave way 



POEMS OF GEACE AND TRUTH. 75 

IiS Iioll oil one in error"s patii astray. 

And ceasevl our Ion 1 but IruUless caro to mend 

A ftllowsliip oC spirits ilicA can never blend. 

TJius raised above all dark depressing povv'rs, 
Sweet peace, and rest, and victory was ours. 
But even now with broken iellowsliip. 
We should 3^et, in nature's pure affection, sit 
And love each other, neath one friendly roof; 
For this but nature's ties should be enough. 

Nor did the fierce engagement here yet close, 
Infernal hosts in accusation rose ; 
Yea ! hell seemed all her haunts to 'vacuate 
And marshall black, this trusting soul to take. 

'•■Woe t ) him who dare ignore and resist 
"My servant, my great oracle and piiett! 
*'It is presumption thou shouldst countervail 
"My awful prophet, and not before him C[uail.'' 
"Besides the Church and thy own flesh agree, 
"lliat to him you should humbly bow the knee. 
"Be warned and to his counsel now return, 
*'0r thy soul be lost, and thou a wretched kerji, 
"Shalt roam about in darkness to thy tomb, 
"And sink at last to woe and endless doom." 

Thus howled the dismal spirits r und our soul, 
Assuming Heaven's name to force control. 
While these dread larums rang tlicii- dolefuj knell, 



To ilELIT AUDITS 0;T IIIE rriAI:!II'\ 



O'er our miiiil and soul Aver3 cist the shades of liell, 

AVrJuglit up cop,scieuc3 s^vavcd wildly to and fro. 

Then renianibVing Ilim, our Avisdom's glow, 

''•We'll die, O God! or thj good pleasure know." 

Wg esGaped, e'er the dawning from our chamber. 

More urge3it than from fire, the soul in danger. 

.In the oince kneeling, besought the Lord 

To end this question by His Spirit's AVorJ. 

Ilesolvent not to rise upoii our feet 

'J'ill knee-bones, piereiug llesh, the iloor should greet. 

If need be, e'er Almighty loye and pow'r, 

Brusli l)ack the mists of this sntanic Jiour, 

And say, by gracious voice from Heaven's throne, 

If us llie Trumpet's blast He'd clioose and own. 

O God Omnipotent ! Drive! O drive away 

Tliose powers of hell that iiold their dismal sway, 

Like circling walls, tlian Babel's more immense 

And o'er arched by ranks of diabolians dense! 

'To penetrate the arch of devil fog, 

And see beyond the smiling face of God, y 

Whoise eye alone must guide in this alTair, 

iSeemed a task fated but to sad despair. 

Long Avrestling hours had forced no cranu}^ through; 

Till grasped our hand the Book Divinely true, 

And liolding fast 'till faith identified 

TJie volume with its Author, and applied 



}'olms of grace and Tr.UTH. V i 

Some gracious promise to our pressing need, 

And gave the silent ink tlie v ice of God indeed. 

That voice, more sweet and precious than the song 

or angels, heard by our rapt soul, ere long 

Coinpleteh^ banished i'rom our moral shies 

'J'lie amassed force of devils in disguise. 

And with them cleared the Sloskwell mists away, 

The pompous order lied at break of da^r. 

But vrith return of niglit-shade's covering drew 

Up the legions grim the baltle to renew. 

Yea I reinforced and more infernal grown, 

lie Vs fury rushed upon this soul alone. 

Till I ne week's conllict wore our strength away, 

And fears, like spectres, that weVl fall a prey, 

Moved a prayer that Providence some iViend engags- 

It one left — to bear us from tlio Ijallle's rage. 

Llod liera-'J, and sent (hat day one He VI reserved, . 

Who had not bowel to Bill, nor hid he erred 

In judgment rendered on that vaunting seer, 

Kcr had withheld the darig3r from our ear. 

The forewarning the Lord through him Jiad given, 

Furnace ijames had from our mem'ry driven ; 

Though the sek'sime trial was the thing foretold. 

On looking in liis welcome face, beJiold! 

His discredited larum fresh appears, 

Bursting Avide the seal ol' pciit up tears. 



"78 ]meditat:o:;s o:: the iT.Air.ii:. 

lie entered. Speech failing, eacli to each Avas dumb. 
Tliis broke at last the silence ; "John it's come j" 
Ho explanation necessary deemed. 
Ttie premonitioned storm at hand was seen. 
This said again we silently conversed, 
With floods of trickling tears that ireel^y bnrst — 
"Miaiik (jiod for tears! ]-elioving as thc\v pi-each— 
From hearts too full for any oilier speech : 
Mine with grief; 'stonishmejit and ])ity iiis, 
Moved by our sad arid sorro:v stricken pliiz. 
Our grief rehersing silence thus went on 
Till broke by, "Can 1 go horj-ie Avilli yon, John?" 
"Yes," sobcd out vrith more -pliy Avellin.g up, 
For a brotlier drinking deep the Jonan cu^. 
Seven miles a'.\'ay reached his domicile, 
Ent'nng a liallowed rrisence spake/-peace,b3 stJHl" 
Soothed our dri\'en spirit willi a cahn sweet 
Converse of war and \\'0?. rest .,'()mi)]ete! 
There angels seemed come to miin'sier and greet 
Our war-v.'asted i'orm, scon wrapped in slee]). 
That hour, how sweet! First of good repose 
Th.ratigli tliat eiigagemeut Avilli infermd lb:?s. 

Let hiiicy now this piiMure t:]i>'e portray, 
A soldier's inghii'id weelc of N\'a;.''s dismay ; 
ilobbed of sleej), hun;Ty. under deadly lire, 
'\Ve;iry, wounJed. di^ath mai;;iceih naught to inprir© 



rO::5[3 OF GRACK AND 'JLITII. 



A slnc^le liope (hat life can long endore. 
From that hell of war him opanecl up a door 
Y/hero peace, rest, love and friendship smile around. 
And safety ends the dread of battle ground. 

Ah! this some faint comparison may hold, 
To (-nr happy transmutation j^et untold. 
O that blessed sweet and shelt"ring night ! 
When hell rolled back and Heaven rose in sigllt, 
IBleep's only chan^v, transporting dreams 
<3f boundless bliss and pure angelic scenes. 
As if our soul nad quit this vale of stilfe, 
And entered to the J03-3 of angel life. 
Avy-akeuod by tlie t.'inils of holy love, 
Our .soul still ling\'3r3d mid the scenes above. 

The corJlict o'er, helTs counsel gates defeate^^ 
Tha legior.s black llicn sullcn-y rclrcattd. 
Retnrjiing jjojne, He reigning now widen 
Proved juoro tiuui hell against our :^oul could brin^ 
*Neat)i our Jeei, Aimiglily grace tlie dragon trod^ 
Th;^t s M'peiit old, accuser, for om" Llod. 
The oil of gladness, a river ilowing 
Prom the throne of God, forever glowing 
In bright sajiheanis, v^dicre angeJjc aiiiJjems roll, 
Filled ^\■ith glory all liio kingdon; 0! our souh 
But the joy that made our heari'. vriiii j'apture swelL 
As tormenting hail Uijon auotlitr 1(»11. 



£0 MKEITATIC:>3 ON TUE PRATPJ] 



The daily sacrifice, so richly blest, 

^ave Iiair my vreddeJ beiii^; heart distress. 

The more our soul o'erdowed iri praise, 

A face becaaie more haa;gard with amaze 

Twas evideiit another crisis must ensue : 

Either she must catch the holy fire too, 

Or at least escape the plague that genders pain, 

At sound of God-inspired praises to IJis name. 

Or this rdlernrdivc — and this alas ! 

Though least expected, came indeed to pass — 

Tliat one e'er lield so dear must lleo from liome, 

And seek relief within a cooler zone. 

Having made on error's vring a lofly llight, 

lb a fancied and thirddieavn's light. 

Assumed our pedagogues, head, and eyes, 

^Twere too x^'^iiid'ul from Capernaum's skies 

To descend to one so like '-a child that's weaned,'^ 

"SVJio'd ou her judgment so u.nmanly leaued. 

Unwilling she, to make the s icrillce, 

Por that fellowship vre'd buy at ;u\y price — 

Yea had thrice purchased, and yet unjiossessed, 

Its despoiler larking in another's breast. 

The unhappy woman, ded the sacred ]dace 
Of home, and our domestic throue of grace. 
Weeks grow to months, with promise now and then^ 
"I'll come vrhen tliat is past, or ••wlieu.-'and '-when.'*"^ 



POEMS OJT GIlAvJIi A2?D TRIJTII. 81- 



All llicso silver waves so welcomo to owv ear, 
Died on the shore of less than half a year. 

One v'oe is past ; but soon another camo : 
A vreek of moro intens3 and awful pain. 
Of pain ! but oil ! wh:it sweetness with it blent! 
A mingled cup of woo and bliss, not sent 
By even shining angels 'round the throne; 
But God's kind 1 and that clialice brouglit alone.. 
'Twas conip6undt-d in His dispensary 
"When He laid the plan to bring to glory, 
'Jhrough H's ovrn Son, our lost and sinful race; 
But e'er unsealed die fountain of His grace, 
This bitter cup — \ -eal only bitter then — 
Ifad to press the hps (if llio Son of man. 
He drank it low in the garden for us, 
And He di'ained it\. bitter ur:on tlie cross. 

But God filled up ffom the passion of Christ, . 
A small cup left for the ransomed to taste. 
If wo drink in His life's most precious flow, 
We ''the fellowsliip of His su(I''ring" Iniow. 
As alllictions of Christ in us aboinid, 
"So our consolation in Him"' is fourid. 

Ihit the fdood that llowed from His sacred feet- 
Dropped down in our cup a redeeming sweet. 

A\''e suIFered in soul, mind, and llesh as well, 
But Jio spirit was there from the shades of hell. 



• S2 3IED1TATI0XS ON THE rrvAIitlR. 



Nil}- ! 'Twas the hand of God alone tliat pressed 
Tlie bliss-rningled pain upon our breast. 
' One iSpirit with our Father's lowly Son, 
Wlio sutFers the horror of earthly sin. 

■ One flesh with her whos3 steps had gone astray, 
Broke from the holy law of truth awa}'. 

■ This placed us 'twixt the saiFring Lamb of God, 
And she whose course had waked thechasteningTod. 

. And, bound to botfi the Sufferer and the cause, 
We liad — through both the sympathetic laws 
Of Heav'n above, and earth beneath — to share 

' Tlie painful wounds that Jesus Christ did bear. 

• One v/eek ilie gali of sin, and throes of hell, 
For Jesus' sake our lot and j-ortion fell. 

A fever caused b}^ soul and mental pains, 

■ Seemed to dr.y the blood Avithin our veins. 
And in this fellov;ship of Jesus' cup. 

• Our nervous iluids v/ere so taken up, 

' That iri but one loiig sleepless parching night 
Of inward pain, approved in noa\^en>:) siglit, 
We felt our hair was surely turning gray, 
And found it silvered at the dawji of day. 

^ O! in that furnace of deep Jieart disti-ess, 
God n)agiiiilcd His law of holiness 

"To oru' wrought up and fevei-ed Jin'nd so high-, 
Thai. ]ny Gq'I ' it scorned that we must di(; 



roE:>is cp or. ACE A^■D Ti.ujn. 



At tliouglit of sin, of hers tliat seemed onr own, 
She Jlesh of our flesh, and bone of our bone. 

In this baptism of suffering wil]i Ilim, 
We saw, as ne'er before the eursa of sin, 
AVJiat visions, O tliou holy One of Heaven! 
In this dark Golgotlia hast thou givpn. 
Of thy great ]ni?<»ion for our sinful race! 
O my Lord I Heboid llio cost of savi^ig grace! 
How mean our higii^ t tlionghts of Jesus' love ! 
IIov/ slow to learn tha woos lluit sin must prove! 
And, Lord I how stupid was our heart lo see 
Our debt, our boundless debt to lliee. 
For bearing all our sin's most dreadi'ul load, 
And savirig us from death und licll's abode : 
Until tlio Vvook \ve spent with (hoc alone, 
111 tliy red garden, Oalv'iy, and the toiia;! 
jr is ejjough, O Godl A)iew I hill 
J.ov/ in the dust aiid ashes, an.] this ail 
Oi lile, of soul and body, rciider up 
To Ch.rist, my ])re(:ious J.ord, who drank the cup 
Of all my sisis, and ;dl the v.'Crld.'s beside. 

AVhat e'er oi w-:;ikiU:>^s, O thou Cniciif-dl 
J^)y grace an.d iO) luei' iii)-iu:c(; unreinoved, — 
'J'iiy In'glier, jjerlect sta)i:l,:u'd all ap|;roved — 
Shall r.uw lie ])urged, God I lo uttei-most. 
Veal bv ihv blood, and by the IFoly Ghost. 



S4: M !•: M T A"Tor s o:: t (i k p i \ triU 

Tliy Sauclifier, Loivl ! vre'vc cvned, and jc:t 
We sec llie weakiifsscs llir.t liavc Icst^t. 
And now, O Clirist I i'vorr. this propitious lionr, 
Tlioii art our pci'Icct ^Yisdom, peace, and pow'r! 

Then on our heart tiiore came another care. 
Our only son, my child ! how could I bear 
The thoughts of him diseovered from my breast? 
By day and night alFectiou's burden prcssod. 
Though from the timo delusion's spell was thrown 
'Eound that heart, her child n.o mother's love had 
Yet judging from affection's inward glow, [known. 
We trowed a mother's heart must ever How 
Toward the lovely product of her womb. 
Hence 'twas uiddndness v/e could not presume, 
To write and hiunbly ask the happy gil't 
Of all on earlh that to our heart was left. 
"Warm love assumed a fever in our breast, 
Yet kindl}^ thoughts forbade that we rec[UG£t . 
A mother to forego that special joy. 
Maternal love must find within her boy. 

At last the 0,70 of Ilim who sees and hears 
The restless pangs and groans and midnight tears 
Of all Ilis children when by grief oppressed, 
Beheld us in pate]-nal love distressed. 
Then on our troubles bless2d comfort smiled, [child." 
Thus sayiugj "grieve not; for you may have your 



TOEXS or GRACE A:T3 T!.UTr» 85 

.Tor, lo ! that heart yon tliouglit would feel bereaved. 
From mother's care is ^villingly relieved : 
With pure afFeclion 'iwcra a ])]crsi!i;\- loi', 
.But t'lis expired, it is a driidii,iii;^: moil. 
So llicii we wrote, and this th: n;j iiit roply. 
•*You may come and get th3 boy ^oi- aiig'hL caro I." 
The blessed train that bore ns to th.it son 
fcccmcd that dpy impalicrt slow to run. 

Vie met, and lo! upon Lis little lace 
A famine of parcnt.d love wo trace. 
Throe days we tarried th^ro v/ltli prayin;5much[tonch 
That God's kiiul hand 0:1:3 mo:'j wlib's heart mii^hfc 
Witli love> Yea, with one sin ';l3 p;jL'loa3 beam 
■Of affection, where once a li/hi ;,• .s'.-jani 
Poured freel}' forth, te bless 1; liipp/ home : 
.But now, alas! congealed in icy zo le. 

In vain we unshed on^ ni i:n )V,'j p.'i/ate talk : 
.And last I begged tint we tegjt'nr walk 

• Jubt outside the city, vrliere liy the dead, 

• Sleeping silently within their n.i:-row bed,, 
And where, between two virgil evergreens, 
.A little mound more dear than any seems : 

Tlie grave of our Levella Modest child, [smiled. 
On whose sweet brow but three bright summers 
'She was her mother's idol and first-born, 
-Her childish yktues mem'ry still adorn. • 



jii':d;tatio:ts on the ruAipjE. 



But tliis request she cooly yet declined, 

As if no love to living t dead ramained. 

Then taking that one warm and little hand, 

We slowly A\alked where the cold marbles stand. 

'Long the way dear Sidney chatted inerrilj', 

Little knCAving what in our bosom la}^ 

Poor child ! 'Tsvas hard V respond his prattling 

With the tribute of tears tliat grief affords, [words 

God bless the dear boj' ! AVe devoutly pray 

That he neY^r may feel Avdiat we did that day. 

We cfane to the s}!ot where was laid to rest 

The casket cold that was formerly blest 

Witli a pure and lovebr spirit bud, 

That l:a(i gone to bloom in tlie home of God.; 

Awl tliere l.^y the [oot ol tliat liltlc mound, 

We Jvircelcd in pra\"er on tlie tiirly ground. 

Dear Sidue}'— bless the chikl I ro member lio\7 

in fam'Iy worskir) he Wi:s want to boV 

Close to oar side in sw^et iunocent grace, 

80 lie gent'y c!';;:;c an.! jesLuned his place. 

And ills tciiuer iiGiirc leaped w'lilx gladness there, 

As bis name; Wv-i:?; up in the breath of pra3'cr. 

Li:l Oil! ii:iiL ir !:;'. wh-;t ds^e[t emotions rose! 
j>'y en"U;iy sp;.^:<.Ji cvukl thcii our heart disclose. 
Lov oar cJiii-ks dear si'.ke sunio j cor words were uscdj 
LuL ihev ii-iled lo b:^ar v, iait was inward mused. 



rcois OF GP. iC:<: and t?jjt;j. 87' 



O ! Twas lliero we longeJ for tli3 post's fli^'Iit, 
To sing relief to affection's deep "bli;^;;iit. 
"When emotions rise like a swell in >i; ilcoci, 
And submarge tlie soul, ic is then we would 
That some kind angel would but lend his harp, 
For to start the tluvr of a sur-ehargcd hearL 
But mundane languagi"! gave no wings to thouglifc,. 
And our pensive spivi! in tears iIo\ved out. .. 
So the prayer thai- \:?," for v.orus loo deep, 
Laid down its bunion at tlio S.ivio.'\:! feet. / 
Thank God ! in that lioiir to Gethscrnane, | 
Seemed a kind angel corao to coin fort me, 
And the bitter-most cu}) tliat could not pass, 
AYas sweetened by lIca^'ellly Iowa and grace. 

On the morrow early tli3ro cams a cab, 
And a mothers iiirewoli to her blessVl lad. 
That parting hour v,'3 tlLought nJU3t surid}^ prov^- 
Some lingTing traces of a inotliers love. 
Can she, by nature next to God so dear, 
Bid her sweet child adien wilhoiit a tear? -^. 
Can she ope' the door of maioriial fold, '- 

To her owji tender fs.s^i of tl'r jo years old. 
And let him ily (hi:? darkiomo v^'orM about, 
A mother's needcil coie to do without? 
Me thouglit hf-r heait inur;t s ire wiili anguish swell, 
To bid her child, perhaps a hist jbrew-ell. 



oa wed:tat:o::s o:; ti:i': niAirjii. 



But ! our hcnrt ^rcs pained, and cl.iiled our bloody 

' To \vit:iess in a jesting laugliing mood, 
Motlier grasp tiiat P'lU-3 and innocent hand, 

-And exact of tlis child this vain demand, 
Wlien proudly stepping back into the yard, 

• "Good by Sidney, write me a postal card?" 

O hath those ej^cs, witli love sparkling once so 
Beheld t!i,> tabled g):'g:):i's mD:i3ti'oas sight? [bright, 
AVJiicii seeing, as the ancient legends run, 

' Quickly turned its beholder into ctono. 

J^'our 3'ears have fled, and yet is frozen up 
Th;d iie.irt tJiat was a precious golden cr.p, 
AVhich once did such nectarian joy aiforJ, 
And into wliich with lavish lieart wo poured 
Evci-y tribute love's niagic skill could find, 
And mutual reapt the bliss of peace and love combined, 
0..-casiona] letters thos3 years gone by, 
Breathing words of love that cannot die. 
And kindly appeals for her to return, 
And wake to her sours immortal concern, 
Elicited ]i;mgiit but silent contempt. 
As il' they had been to a mummy sejit, 

•Or to one gO'.i3 do'.vii in the valley's gloom, 
And had slumbered lo]ig in the silent tomb. 
Huslied ! All Jr.iblicd ! by spiiituai death, that hand, 

Ousted tlj:it pen which cheered tliis prairie land, 



rcK:,rs cf giack and jilutj. S^ 

And fiiis burning; heart lil'teen yenrs ago ; 
Tiiat lieart and ink, frozon, has ceased to How. 

O God! how vast, ho',v awlul now tlie change! 
l,fy startled soul wakes to the fact so strange 1 
As my I'eet tread once more this prairie grass, 
The varied scenes of fifteen years repass, 
dike a panorama before our eyes ; 
And our soul, o'erwhehned in deej) surprise, 
Is perjdexed to know if true — for thoy seem, 
Like eventful years in a passing dream — ■ 
Was that angel form an illusion fair'.' 
And t^ weight slie left our heart a dark night-marc t 
O ! if such boundless gain and loss were real, 
■Could fragile human life survive the weal? 
Nay, 1 behold tliis plain with an actual gaze, 
In -whelming awe admire the sunset blaze. j 

As falling trees before the mighty gale, 
Draw swiftly down fo eartli their verdant sail, 
<So I am cast upon this fleecy spot, 
By the rushing ibrje and whirl of vivid thought. 
And hero prostrate, upon this now mown hay, 
An humble form, God I I conscious lie. 
C^'^isciovs'i Yce-, all that passed before my fouT, 
^Vcre visions dra.wn on menfry's fiiitliful scroll. 
Which by tlie ban I o!' gracious Providence, 
AVbj'e wisely loMed up, concealed from sense, 



90 MEDITATIOXS CN TlIK IT.Air.IK. 



t,J^ VLB^ ' » vjJjJ.^ ' V •oqgsirv « gay ' 



Lest Imng to vieAv where patlis of duty lie, 

Tlie3''d held our step and dimmed our moisten'd eye. 

But on this plain, wliicli so sweetly vrears 

Tke 'witching charm of love's two golden years, 

The past comes rushing up in m3"stic How, 

And sets the chanting muses all aglow. 

Or, dropping legends of antiquity, 

We should more truly and devoutly say; 

I^ot goddess muses touched our mournful lyre; 

But the Spirit of Daniel's God did nispire 

Tliis hmiible narrative, in song to trace, 

To bless and magnify His ^Yondrous grace. 

To this pure object of our simple sirain. 

May God's elFulgent wisdom guide our pen. 

Hear then as t' hand of Love "we greatful trace, 
And strain our droning notes to sing His grace. 

Oft we have kno-wn the manly breast, 
Where beat a heart of noble cast 
Where temp'rance v/rote her righteous code, 
And virtue found a sweet abode. 
And o'er whose pure and peaceful brow, 
Good hope had placed her brilliant bow. 
But Ah ! Alas ! how changed the scene I 
How short the distance oft between 
The path that shines with virtue bright, 



roi:'.i3 OF GuvcE .\\:d thutii. 91 



An(\ tliat o'er cast by siaful niglit. 

The bloom of health has i'adecl from 

The cheek; and now the haggard form 

tSo truly tells the sad sad tale 

That cursed whiskey, rum ana ale, 

Have, serpent like, en coiled the soul. 

And b-asted by the mad'ning bowl, 

The victim reels along tlie streets, 

"^Vhile pity's eye beholding weeps, 

'Til! a drunkard's grj.vc for sliame cover, 

■"j'he wreck of what was once a lover, 

'Which, driven by adverse win:ls, had struck 

Upon some treach'rous Iiidden rock. 

And that love voyage failing port, 

His blasted hope yields up the fort, 

(Jasts down her colors in the dirt, 

Bunes his soul in bj'oken heart. 

And tins sad tale we hear recite, 
The sequel of love's cruel l>light. 
From shady grove where met to pray, 
The saints iip'on the Fiord's svreet day, 
Keturucd one .man M'ith I'am'iy kind- 
But what. iiorror! did tlicyfind? 
"When entering home's endearing fold? 
On kircheii lloor, tliere, lifeless, cold, 
Lay his son — pitying God! — 



jiEmxATiJNS o:j tak vamv.ie. 



Ills p-;u-mor.ts weii'niig in Ivis bloocL 

In his cold hand ]<i.y, tighlly grasp'd 

Tiie weap'ii that ser e I his dark hehest. 

A note was leit,^we've niideretood, 

That told the eause, and sad preludo 

Oi' that dark shocking tiMged}'. 

And what but blasted lov3 could ba 

Precursor of that sudden shock. 

That from this staire so ruthless shook 

1 
That fine j^outh, and a millstone prest, 

Of hopeless iiriof on father's breast ? 

And cast a pall of dread amaze 

O'er brothers' sisters" future days, 

And, methinks, disturbed the bed 

Of motlier's rest amonir ihe dead! 
Ah! such and v:iriel sc3;i_>3 unnamljarad throng 
All the eventful human path along. 
This larum then to all we'd loudly sound, 
Beware hov*' you tread on love's sacred grou-nd, 
Lest from thy tamp'ring forth some tendrils shoot, 
And may some guileless heart entwine aljout. 
Which, sliould'st thou blight and ruthless tear aw^y 
May bring, alas ! a bleeding mournful day. 

We've known in youth what pily took 
¥or human form, but A^'0^fttl look. 



POEMS CF GllACK A^iD TIVITII. 93 



Whoso presGiicG ittigjit: this q[uo3(ioii call, 
"Wliy forced upon tJiis frienflless bftll, 
] To take existence witbont ::nin ? 
' An unblest and mipiaed swniii, 
' AVI1033 only sign of life was — why 
He seemed to have a dreid to die. 

i'or 
**<>fvme rnen were horn for gi-eat things, 

And some were horn for sinall, 
Some — it is not recorded 

Why thei' were born at all."''' — * 
Yet life in Jiim one o!)^eo;t lent, 
To sliov/ the bott^raiess extent 
That men may slide in mortal \vo'->« 
AV^ho. t'spite a ri^al, crop their nose. 
In a dingy hut and a liltJo rown, 
Our subject staid, and was its sole rdno^vn.. 
And \vhen losing Powell and nussmg train, 
The burg went l3ack (o mo;h?r earth again 
Aak not how lived the man of wretched tame, 
r\)r thaf.'s what men coidd noy^r ascertain. 
And some avered he scarcely lived at all, 
8ftve at h'askingp, raisings, and such like call 
A^d'.ere the poor starved prodigy 'd aftord 
Ail opportunity at the ladon board 



9i LIKDirATroNS ON TIIK PI! VIKIS, 



To ?walio\Y — liot taking ihue to m:isticate— 

r^oisteJ ])ig', i-.iutton, poultry, liam anJ stiike, 

Jirea;! ixuil poiatoe.^, pie, and iish. 

And exeiy welcome iargo or desert disli. 

Wiiatever happened thence to pass around, 

Vy sat soinewJiere witliin the sweeping bound 

Of the poor gliiltuu's palsied raking h.and, 

"Wheeled right and lei't in Jine at his conituanJ^ 

Marched up, and groedii,y were gormandized. 

"While some forgot to cat, so mucJi surjn-ised, 

Otliers, not restraiiung How of liumor. 

Cracked satiric jests uj)on that tumor, 

jLailug on ihe back of that communitj, 

An oU'enee to God, himself and all humaiiif?'. 

Xaslicd by t!ie tale of every wit and wag, 

Ijik a grecn-iiead 0:1 t!ie ramp of s'.vitching nag. 

His raimeiils In an oil;,' language spoke 

That they had never learned rh.o use ot soap. 

And too plai ily by their shredr, and ihips declared 

That tlieir poor dolesojne nr ster rougldy fared. 

AVell ! Well! o;io liidt his co.it-tail's gone astray, 

Or both perliap^ unkindly lorn aw:,y. 

By wicked hands that made poor John tlieir sport. 

And ru Iv'ly whirled him i.i thc^, streets about. 

li^e was the butt of every trici:; anl ; a:n ~, 

■^Jfv/irs ingenious f]uip, and bni'u^)!^s siiam:\ 



l'o■rv^:s o? giiace and Ti^bTK. v 

Upon Iris li;)ck the snick'ring rari,L;iiiiig crew 
Adixiilly ])laced sonic tag or scand'loi;;:: citi-^, 
il)y hung, as an extension oi;" iiis s]>ine, 
The hist, kjng, caudal end ol some old swine. 
AVhen children wished on otiiers spifie to veutj 
"Old P/s'- name was tlie ugliest thing they sent. 
Vennin cui'sed Ins pallet's greasy rags, 
While night and day, were only heavy drags, 
That irksome b::ro upon l)is lileless Jile ; 
Foi' old dame misery was his bosom wWo. 
He'd won anoUiei-, but ].>j death rivaled. 
His 1)leeding heart in ileep sorr.rw struggled, 
'Till heard and san -tifuiid this dark spirit's voicey 
"l\ladam Misery is my s.:^c(\id only choice." 

So ho courted au'l liugged her ghostly form, 
And he drank irom her cup a hie ibrjorn. 
He Avislied not even one short lioney-mooji, 
Despair hung o'er his days her sable gloom. 
Not a smile ever lit his stolil ni^in ; 
For his lite tjirougliout w; s a cheerless dream. 
He chose it so. Far rouiic! him shone in youth, 
tlveiy beaming and chcer'kl Iin])e. ir\ truth 
His name once wore bj'iglit Jiono/ and respect. 
And rio mean, store h: d dcclved his iiitellect. 

But what adverse (:ite. Ah. ! need you yet i:sk ? 
Spread over his lile irs (ieadly l.'!as-t :' 



y;-} ]\ii.i)rT.mo-:>rs ox tiik r?..\i::iE. 



WJiat wooj'iil clond eclipsed v. ho]^.e so i'ak, 

Ami coii^ieaifd lliaf; lieart in blank despair 2 

"What drove jxor Jolniny iiom the i).ap]3y pb.ki^ 

Of social dignity, to llie hermit's den'? 

*Twas the c]-i:-is of disa])pointed love. 

That so darksomely drew our sketch ahove. 

And now our son^i; at last has readied the plac© 
Where our spirii: would try its deljt oi' grace 
To pay to llim wliose mighty arm sustained, 
>)iir bleediiig ijcart, while its cup of grief we draiaied: 
That life and peace's pro'louged, and even joy, 
And holy comfort, whicli to (|uite destroy, 
Apolyon"3 host had plotted iiendish. weli. 
Bat disappointed, wrilliing, back to hieil 
Thej take their course, amazed at Heaven's power, 
To ftiistain a sortl ir. tJie furious hour. 
3 God! this heart, wiicre love so v/arinl}^ glovvs, 
Aiid its return such blessed rapture knows, 
And where afilictions long in youtli had past, 
Arid wrought a Jiervoas melanclioi}" casV; 
fleart to ailection's ^\ouud so sensative ! 
3! can there in this smoking ilax survive, 
Jiiquenched, the ham-^ of lire, and bow oi hope? 
Bui for thy grace, Lord I nught we not grope 
In {1x2 Siia-lows 1hat h'u^g ]nore ijlaciv than death. 
VV'here inwcuvl griei' lolls out eacii uio'.irniul breath, 



VOmiS OF oil ACE AND TllUTH. 

Vrom ;i lienrt anu^zed by sorrow into stone, 
A deail spirit chained in a living tomb ? 
God! but foL- thy arm unseen on earth, 
Hj.is Itagile form might even curse its birth, 
And sit. darlv brooding, tremljling where 
Some ding}'- luit shut out the gaze 
(U' liimian eye, and orient bhize ; 
J^'yrced only Irom tliat drear abode, 
I>y hr»nger's sharp rcsistjess goad ; 
'ihen quailing with anmanly dread, 
llie noiso of fellow iRimarrs tread. 
Uj', unsup-portcd by that love 
That Hows direct from Him above, 
^Vlicn Ifie conjugal, next^ in powV, 
^7as ruthless torn in peril's hoyr. 
Pe]-]iaps, to drown sucli bitter grief, 
"W^e miglit liave rushed upon the reef 
or liquor's black ijifernal spell. 
And Ii;islened quickly down to hell. 
Or, Ihe surviving hope, had pressed 
Too ]:eavy on a Ghristi'-ss breast. 
To 'l.)ide the time that's made by raoi, 
Y/hich takes on board a hell begnjn, 
And had taken up the fatal lino. 
Around t!ie capsta.n to entwine, 
"aIiO end ikmg cii a pile secure, 



1?8 iiEDiTATioxs :o:s- 'su !•:. riiAijuR. 

0}i 'lernity's imwclcome shore, 

'Phe voyage end, hj demon's sjiort. 

In uS'uicidarti horrid port. 

No eye, but thine, O Deity! ■ 

Can see. -Yv']] at end of misery, • ' , 

What lioiTid Wack and ciuBed fate, 

Jllght have cast its ci'ushing- weight, ■:, ■ 

Upon this helpless hniised reed, 

Did not tiiy comibrts far exceed 

The highest billows earth may roll 

O'er a grace-clad and ransomed soul. 

Ilallelujalil iiere onr pent up gralitode, 
= CpAvelliDg must break forth in praise to God. 
J where, on all this blood and tear-drenched clod, 
{s there sucli help as found in Israel's God ? 
Suih. succor in tlie hour of fell distress, 
As leaning liard u])ori Idis faithfulness ? 
Let ii(A the iuiTative ]:'Oast in their wealth, 
Kor the t;trong and viguvous trust in health. 
"Snch god's lift high thy supercilious crest, 
:liillatc with sclf-safficiency thy bi-east. 
But when misiorLUues meet Llicc in the way; 
Thy gold lias lied, or morial nowers decay, 
"rhy «:])ild is dead, or bosom lo^vo is turned to gall, 
":"i:en ori your gods, ye ibols in vain may call. 



rDE:.:3 cr c:;ace •^^vr; -i:) r;7i. ■ Of» 



'J'licy answer 1ji:t in nslirs on IjI)' honcl, 
An:l, lo! mocking tiiy caiamity, ere ilc-d. 
Nor ycl r;M".;;riben.l" on thy tr-?as"jresi:lii:-ged in sclioolt 
From AvJience too oi'ien, wisloni ay>in<; lV>ols 
Go ibrili pvat ])onii-)Ci;s, Si^jl^conceiteil mudj 
And totally eojipso the liglit of God. 
'-Then, lest reliirion iliey pliould iieed, 
Of p]Oi;K Ilunio thoy Io;ira liieir ci'e^i]^ 
By s!ronii(-st dei-ionslration? sJiown, 
Evince that nolhiiig can !jo icnovrn. 
Take arguments unmixed ny doubt 
On Yoltaire's ti-n.-^t, or p.) v/iiliout, 
•Gainst Scriptures rail h\ modern lore, 
As thousand tools liave railed l^eiOre." — * 
AVliat Iiave ye then tor all yoi:r Jolly's pain, 
Who fret, and ^.vork. oixdiinue, and search in vain. 
To rid tliy conscience of tljy JFakcr's laws, 
And rol) good sense and natiir'^- oi' Iier cause ? 
Prelerj-ing tor thy sire the s' Lipid ;;])e, 
E'er confessing .II im ^\la'j oidy ca)i crca!;e. 
And doily, instead, unbridled Inst-, 
Doulji Heaven's Irntli, but frociy hell inlrust 
Boast, o!' free Ihouglit, v.idle yet, a menial slave 
To thy depraved and. beastly p-assion's rave. 
And, 05 though reason caii't v*iih vniae Llend 

*Jo:i:> ■.'■;;i:.;i;cr.r.. 



100 ]\[ y.T.VTrox.; m.\ 'juk i'-iahuki 



Ye sin-perverted iouJ its li^:;'lit preieiil. 

ir wisrlouj's province vrere to serve tlie (lev:!, 

Tiicn c'ouij ye skeptics prove youv beads were IcvcL 

Wiiat conipensatioe, h:ith the scoTer's cant? 
Tyiiat p;ood remnnerai^.^ ids clmrUsIi rant J 
Where's thy blind reason- ?;cyi v^-^hen troubles rol) 
Jiike billoNvs dark o'er tiiy distracted soul ^ 
Where, Ah ! wUero is thy boasted IbrlituJe, 
Wiien lied away some dc'tod eartiily c;oori '(■ 
When death hath, toru a^vay thy cherished (.nes, 
Or vvedded love to rival's bosom tur:;-^ '■: 
Then vvliat's tiiy carnin'^; jest of sacred ■ddn,;:;^? 
V/hat comfort to a siricive:! spirit briii,r:' 
'iliy proud conceit l;egotte]" ir.dieiiei' 
Of God, the ou'y true and blest reliel: 
A sou] can iiiid in sorrow's starless idii;iit. 
When sweetest dearest hop-^s are struck with blight? 
<) God 1 how od ney:lected and denied 
Art thou. in. hearis deceived b}^ io'dish pride; 
Ciilil tliat smarting rciii, advei'siiy. 
Teaches fools, who will Jc^arn no other way, 
Thfrr need of tliee jjiost lI:ii::h,who1brmed tiie brcnst, 
To cabn it's ]ir'avin;>; troubles into cchV. 

And ye ma.:], d-cnzied on. politic i;od3, 
Wlio fuss and wran;';ie for your demai!:ogueSi 
"^Viiy to tiiem cate:;, uuveiinded tools, 



ruK.Ais LV ci-iAOL Aim ':?::m. 101 

lYIlh tliat lii^]i I'evci'xl zocA Inat onty coelG, 

A\'heii "U'ciiorts eii:] in riv;ii j'KUly"^ <row, 

Aiul all yo:\r !';cjs s,i llyn leiiu,L;!y iT;>\v, 

■C.'ivsi liiK'n, u..i-!^, dejected a:i 1 woj.u! sour? 

AVli.ii p/,>Jt hive yo;i, Vvlrjn rjtui-iis devoiji" 

i'iiy bo.tsted, wagered, hoi)?, n!; victory? 

L^iizliodi, and j^jre.l, n'.iJ idbid, this thy only pay. 

i>;it ii good ioi'tu:i? tiirn ;i'j'..:i tby side, 
And thy idol ]/e to olicp deiaed, 
AVhat blessing then c:,uis Ibrrh thy bolsth'ons swells^ 
Ye criz:}d, wiio :i:iarsjyo'iL- tii:-o.i.t:> wd'.i liendLsh veHs, 
And nnd^c night; n-nnli:: -u-itii your di;i of. horns, 
•Or louder y-i. !'h.\v ou'your i^eo.l or arms. 
Wiih powder's vool desfoying crippling blatt? 
Ilnth tint slj-jiii?! vjt.^ ihy v.^uutjl p.udy cast; 
lleleased;. tiiy soul fixjui sin, remorse ar.d hel] ? 
'That ye sncli weird niidnigiit orgies swell? 
Ilatli tiie eleedoii oi'iliy ciuididale 
Elected tl^ee to Keaveu■^^ tran.([uii state? 
Or is it to thy soul a guarantee 
'That thou slialt from Hie ilU of lilb be it-ee? 
Will the ho ni-of- plenty heneelorth overllow 
"With a more ]n\ Isli iiarvest where ye sew ^ 
"Will thy champion's iiiace vouchsafe protection 
'Gainst social and douiesiir; disaftectioii ? 
'Or be a present help ii?.. time of need? 



tOli 



jn;nTAT:ox\s on tiik rr, '.Ji^r: 



A prii:acea for wounds tiiat sni^rt oiid Llccd? 
-/\i;d will l)e sootlv.-' and bind thy bl•eakiu,2;dlear^, 
^Vheii iTom tiiy c-dricken bosom ioved ones part? 
Or .slion'd treiu/iieiy, deep and black oj^ hell, 
Invade thy home and east lier bliii'Irting spell 
O'er the one tliat so cie'^trified i]\y Yi.e., 
AiiCi woe succeed tiie blessings of a wiie; 
Will then thy cliosen liero to thee ih", 
Ifthon, in thy biiterest grief shouldst cry 
To his lordship, wlien thy wild moarnful straaa 
Treiiiljles on the verge of a maddened braiiif 
And if coming, hath lie that magic power; 
To dispel the grief-'/iouds that o'er thee low^ert 
Can he tujie ngaiii thy m'lstrung mardiood? 
Aval drive from tl;y spirit sorrow's dark ])roofl 
Of spectres round thee gatiiered, fierce as hell, 
Holding io thy levered !)raiii a piclure. fell. 
Of eierind. vengeance, "till t]i3'djJood Ijoil 
With red relaliation's nun-drons spoil? 
Or Cj]\ thy musing spirit mocking stare. 
The g;istly Jorms of blackness and despair, 
■Till liie is bluxauled in ix fiopeless night. 
And glows a (airse b")0 great ior human mig!\t, . 
'Wluch. Ijidding ltig!i iVir earl h's commiseration, 
.Bays it de:;r in heSi's ]-!-cc!jdtaiion ? 

() ve gods of pride, gold, and iiiliddiiy. 



roioin c:;' guac:: a^vD i:iur:i. lOZ: 

Of science, honor, au;l of i^valry. 
Yea ! all ye niidniglit gels of secrecy. 
And stupid sectisli go:ls of biirotiy, 
All, and cvei'v ^;ol hy men and devits formed, 
or oi)jecls real, or by fancy's call siiborned. 
Ye are but subtile cheats, and Vv'orthless trash,,. 
And all your devotees are blind and rash. 
All gog and niagog deities combined, 
Cannot repleti.dy ii!l oao hungry mind. 
O "were ye potent more than ancient, stones, 
To meliorate the wounds around your thj-ones, 
Were ye AVrrtli a farthing in the hour of grief , 
Or could ])ut drop on pain one olive leaf. 
Tlien would rxot frc/ni your daily pr.'f-ses rise 
A stygian smoke of nev."s that blacf:.t)ie skies. 
Then too would not your crimson colums drip 
With human gore from every jneasured stick. 
The crimes aud wojs tliat groan upon your sheets, 
IVove that yo, of hie and liapplness, are cruel cheats. 
A banker huls, and lakes his drooping lite; 
A n)erchajir :iexr. and trouble spectres, rifej 
Tvushiiig on his nselancliolic mind, 
Aroun • Jiis !ieci-i the iat;;! ]"c.]->c en! wined. 
A j',ur:it:ran lanner. earlldy well to do. 
Lost i i-- iieidiii, witli it manly prestige (oo. 
Aiid. h;iOwi])i; not ;lie G ;d of coiisolatiou. 



10 i MriillAT.'OXj ON T;!K iMlAill'.K. 



■ Could Jint endure llio petty iinputatiorj 

■ Of looking well, and yet to work nnnble. 
^ 80 i'l'om a rafter in his "plenisJied stable, 

vSwiiiig down Iiimselt into eternity. 

■ Sad comment on our poor Iiunianity, 

: i>o weak vdthoiit the Author of our being, 

From dim Siiadows iiito blackness fleeing. 
Aiid, here ibllowing in the doleful train, 

Titis very day the current news pro:daiin 

Aji eastern man of prjn>in:en33 itisane, 

tor whicli tlio l;de elections have tlie blame. 
We passed a farm of rich productive soil, 

Vvliere weruth iuid freely blessed tiie owner's tolL 
' flis fields were larire, his buildings all in tasie, 

But the pruud tarmer was of ske]:)tic cast. 

AIJ his conversation well evinced that he 

To gods oi' lucre tnily bowed thi; knee. 

The, <:Jod he hoal so rniidfr disavowed. 

Wi!Os«3 Ini.nd of mercy fiad hi.s liie endov/ed, 
. Ailowed fi suddcji and a. fearful storin. 

\Vhosft resistless patliway coursed his farm. 

One lairn was damaged, some fj-uit trees perished. 

When lied th.e vrortldess gods his lieartliad cherished. 

Die foolish man arraigned himself bei'ore 

The bar ot his own conscience, charged with more 
"Than his blinareason courisel could defend. 



:;; a:;)> riiV'TK. iu^ 



"lSJi''J'''sssS?'V"'*SS-S''r^''yE::S!"i-^^<Si22!^V««« 



And, eai^er ilia pL-rpIyxiii^; siiit sLoiilcl end, 
•Ohrisi, tiie only potcnl, /Vdvocaie, renounced. 
And this rjsli verdict O'.i iiims^lt pronounced. 
That by Jiis willing hands he nv.i-jt despoil 
The citadel of lifj in hempen coil. 
i'or his liie — reduced by sin io idle sport — 
The man made no appeal to higher eoart, 
But.. Aveary of his soul's remorseful dirth, 
■piell of hope, took his exit Ironi the earth. 
But wliy pursue the dismal scene, 
Ot living ghosts that haunt tlie spleen 
(Jtlunnan life, i'roni Bini astra\', 
Wliose smile alone can bless the day 
Vv'/ien sorrows roll like billows high. 
And disappointmeuts sliroud the sky ! 
Then boasted human energy, 
With all your tickle comforts llee. 
I'lio scheinco oji \vhich. your lives are spent 
Are worthless ; and but discontent, 
And gloom, spread o'er your wretched souls. 
Attracted by such treacli"rf)us poles. 

"WiK']! petty grieis that life attend, 
On thy sick hc^;rt their arrows sneu^'l. 
Your man-hcod shiks, A'oui' heads are crazed, 
Or sell' d( ^tiUfnicn ends your days. 
hul ill' gi-caicr cui-e of treaclieiy, 



TOO 5r::riTA''nxr o " tiik rRAiii'K. 

That wnkciis irreoii-eyecl jealousy, 

J\Iorc covlniii .sliU t'lis S3 [vnl ban^5, 

As poet JAOi;-er.s brietlv siii2;s. 

'•Sh^ loved auotlier, love was in that sigh? 

On the cold ground he throws himself to die.'^' 

Or murder takes its alternate, 

In seducer or the victim's late. 

But 'neath tlie reign of Heaven's love, 
How sweetly, and how blest we prove 
That balm the Prince of Peace bestows, 
Wlien deepest wound of sorrow Hows. 
All! then, exceeding joyful in 
Our tribulrdion's deepest sting. 
Ol when our greatful heart rejoiced, 
And o'er flowed in praises voiced. 
Then flashed this thought in rapt surprise, 
Which, — pausing speech, with weeping eyes — 
We thus exclaimed ; "0 Clracious Ileav'* ' 
Can to this potsherd yet be giv'n 
Such boundless sweet .'e'icity. 
Despite our grer.t calamity ? 
Oan grace transmuti to sweetness all 
Oraceless hearts most bitter call ? 
■'TIS even so, O righteous God ! 
What glory yields thy chastening rod I 
Where all the gods of earth and ai. , 



VCT.YA CF OTIACK ANP -IIUTT;!. 107 



Forsake tlieir dupes to wild despair. 

Is thy provident occasion 

To raise thy saints t' nobler station. 

And that which crushes '^sons of men," 

Us lifts the star of BQthleh?m, 

And opens wide the gates of praise, 

Yea! tunes our soul to sweeter lays. 

Sins greatly callous liearts and petrify, 
And all man's finer feelings stupeiy. 
So hearts debased by sin and lustful lords, 
Have 'laxed and ])aralyzed affection's ch rds. 
And rendered senlient souls insensitive. 
To wounds of love the sanctified receive. 
t^o holy hearts do feel a thousand fold 
More deeply tlie stings of bi-oken love than cold 
And heartless sinners can, wdiose half congealed 
Affections far less ha])py iranspoi'ts yield, 
And are much less capable of i)ain ; 
For life, when elevated to a higher plain 
Eidarges iis susceptibility 
.Both to grief, and raptures of felicity. 
Tlie fruitage most delicious and inatiire, 
.Hruise move easily th.an (he hard and sour, 
T!k' ilow'i's that are most pleasing, sweet, and rare, 
IJnlo th'' evv iiiosl bcniiiii';:! and luir. 



10i< t.I!;])]tat:o::s c:t TUi': p:i.\iii:ii;. 

And that clo most delicious odors give, 

Are to the stiiig of frost most SBiisitive. 

The sinner's nature, gross and liard and blind, 

Is dead to many pains that hearts refined, 

And blest Avith higher life in Christ endure. 

But, Alas! dead )ike\vis3 to all f pure 

Eternal joys that tloa:l th3 >-3art enshrined 

With Jesus Christ, Ilis peace, and heav'nly mind. 

He is oblivious to th.it holy love, 

That 'quaints us with the bliss enjoyed above. 

Dead to all true objecis of a human soul, 

A planet wand'ring I'rom its orb and pole. 

So while increase of life involves some pain, 
Its sx)here enlarged, enhances all our gain. 
Wlio'd amputate a strong and healthy limb, 
Lest mosqnitoes on it light and sting? 
Or who dethrone his noble intellect, 
because some mental griefs we may expect ? 
If animal and hiental life's prized so high. 
lYliy leave your soul so dead and stupid lie? 
'Tis sad to look npon the lifeless clay, 
l»'!ors melanchol}' yei the mind's decay, 
But, O the sonl I the actual '-invrard man !'* 
luore awful still its death, beneatli the ban 
Of sin, and burning lust's malignant spell, 
Ani tivmbli'.ig, guilty, on the verge of lieil. 



i'OLiI; OF GIIACK AND X?.UT1I. 109 



' 'v?:^:^' v^:::;?' v^sry v^ 

Ail gloiy be to Ileaveirs malcliicss grace 1 
O Christ ! our iilvoriasiing life and peace I 
Thou art in lis a bright illuiivijiation 
Of Lorly, mind, soul ; an inspiration . ■ . 

That sings happy Over death and the tomb, 
Carrie!-' away tlie pall oi' mental gloom, 
Bursts the narrow shell of soul-ignorance, 
Lifts llie incubus, and breaks V dismrd trance 
Of sin, that chained the wretched spirit fast, 
In the vile dungeon, whence by satan cast. 
Thou, Great Deliv'reri liast flung wide t' prison, 
And our dream_y souls, by thy touch 'risen, 
Now go fortli, blest with freedom evermore, 
From the eel] of sin, hi worlds of Jiglit t' soar. 
The soul exults with rapture ;.t. s'le doth 
View V blazing glo]7 of Eiernal Truth. 
And, by telscope of Ileav'ns inspiration, 
Such brigfit Ijtams of naajesiic wisdom shine, 
.Ceholds, throughout redemption's new creation, 
Such heiglitus.deptiis, lengths, and breadths of love 
'J'li;"it she expands 'liil true to Jhlile adage, [Divine, 
She kjiowsthe love of (iod that p.assetii luiowledge. 
Thus, uncaged, winged aloft in reahiis of light, 
AVe tai\e vastly widiu; rnjjges of delight, 
And d'Aw.k hi pleasures jnaiiifold in:r^as3d. 
- *fv''hil(-' from eartJdy p;iin> and griel's vre're released. 
'Jy grace and glory, th.at^so lively slrei.:in 



110 SLl-LiTATIGITS Hi TIIK I'EAIJ II 

Direcl iVoiii .ITtaY'n and sweetly Sapervene 

])i --xHTow, a joy so inexpressible, 

Tliat e'en pain, for Christ's sake, is ]:)leasi!rable. 

ITap]\v tlic people v\^l!0 such bliss afford ! 
Yoa ! Jia,j)py ilrey wliose God is Christ the liOrd ! 
Ten thousand thanks vre pour low at t!ie feet 
Of Love Sujireme, and Wisdom so complete, 
That over rtiled the gates of Jiell, ibr-sooth, 
Conspir'd 'ga.iiitt a feeble lover of the truth. 

No otlier furnace could have pi-oved so great. 
None other thrcat^^^.■;d, ^^"ith such awlul fat;e, 
And yet no ordeal, ])iit th's whitened tlanie, 
So placed us c;n t'le o\'(-'j'io.T;e.-'s plain. 
So the s'oi'ni nrlihud; ;:at:u;ic fury, 
God luis turued. to song.s of ondl s-i glory. 

Not Gv that lovod oae jj:']]',^ game cliieily turner}, 
Dui 'twas on tliis du-t his ire so hotiy burned. 
Nor cared Jie yet so much to ;;iu": our soul, 
As to hush, the thunders of tlint •ulying roll.'' 
WliiJo our soul's escaiicd to Jiigii-'r sunnnit, 
And light and Train 'r marc:ung on so blessed, 
T"s sad that one who j::rovtd s:.» great a profit, 
Both in lo\o's fruilirai, au. I its ]):iinful ibrieit, 
D.inhs not with i!S, at tlio cryslal r\vc)\ 
That ni:dcc:s gl-l liie Chy of Cod JVa-.;vc:-. 
Bui; laotherl blame her not, we hii it'/y , s'<. 



ro::,:s cf o?.a:t: a:cd tiiutti. Ill 

Tsor on her clierishocl bosom rntliless cast 

One viiidictire tlK);iL;lit. or "worjL or frov^n. 

But, fis Christians, let lis bow and truly own 

That Providi'iice, which s^K-^nis to fall severe 

On some souls, others to refine more clear. ^ 

The ill, cliar2;e to satan, and ourself include, 

The i:-o()d ascribe, with iunn.ble gratitude. 

To Hini tlu;t kindly doelh all things well, 

A:.d frustrates all t;;' >=-:-'kod plots of hell. 

Yea! if ;uiy but the devil be to blanir^, 

lly Goal's j;race we will lissu^^ae tlie sham.e. 

Fur had ]iot satan Jound i:s so. o'er lent 

On Iiei', he might h;i\-e ne'er conceived t"' intent. 

He saw us hokling ciiildlike to her gown, 

And judged lier hill Avould likewise cast us down. 

And well h.e judged ; ibr eVr released out grasp,. 

Our soul \\'as mid the jiends of tlarjrness cast. 

Yea! satan saw in our ..'onfiding weakjiess, 

A chance to sink our soul in sorrow's hopeless. 

But God likewise, ob'scrvecl the situation, 

Saw how to jnagnby His great salvation. 

Salvation; AJi ! yes Lord! that tells it all. 
That magic word sweets the l^itterest gall. 
The gold triat's wT:.p])ed Avilhiji iti secret fold* 
Ivedeemed this tested being from, the mould. 
Salvation liatli reserved a ciiarm for iifo. 



T.rK^iiATIOXJ ON -IIK ^T-A l'=tti 



V.'illiCiil \vli:cli r,]]. /v/'/. Avnu'd hrvj i!y I willi r.if3. 

O ^';:r.ili i oiicc v.iiliin liiis bre;;st ( 1' niiii'\ 
-.Ml joy r.iid bli.ss r.rosj ami k'li with lliiua. 
Lire's siir.shine spm\c;eJ in tliy lovely Jii)S, 
My spirit's light yeiit oi;t vdlli thy eclipse. 
It seemed t!ie lh!o!)l)iii ;■ ol this yery ]ie:irfc 
JIust die if it .'Voiii thins bo torn apart. 
That lii'e couid only lini^'er in this breast 
IViiile it conjointly with ihine own Ayas blest. 
All ! did I think th it b!ool could y\^arm this Irame 
if thou sliouldst live, and 3'et our lives be twain! 
Or were iK)t earth' a cold and dismal wild, 
If thy loye-st;u- no lon?;?r on it smiled ! 
That frorgeous Sun, me thought, could shed no cheeT^, 
Should lis dull rays e'er fall upon, my dear ! 
-An ice-wal! risen up betvv'een our hearts; 
Ifov spread his pleasing dyes as day departs. 
Oould even spring, tlie verdant time of love, 
^Vithin our heart one sweet emotion move, 
ISJiould e'er its music fall upon our ears, 
dimingled Avitli tliy love of former years ? 
Or could the summer's golden glory smile, 
Or Autumn's tinted picture yet beguile. 
Or Winter's merry chime, and silver Irost 
Tinge the clouds of wo3 that would o'er cast 
Our mournful sky, me thought, if life be left, 



rOEMS OF GKACE AI«"D 'J-i^JSU, 



And yet that life of all tlij' love bereft ! 

But, Ah ! dear Lord! in. wonder we confess 
Thy grace and love excelled onr highest guess. 
For, lo ! my single path is set along ■ 

With gems of bliss that tune my soul lo song. 
Salvation gilds my davs witii richar gold. 
And all the scenes of earth and lleav'n uuicld 
In holy joy, compelling us to own 
That life, bereft of all but God alone. 
May, with His own ])recious self and love ensliriiiiil:." 
Exceed the glory of His giits combined. 

''X) we beg the readers of this story — 
/tluiu'd to .'-ing the Eternal glory 
( );' gr;icc Divine — Yea! exact this pledge of you, 
Din-y no blame on Iier we've knov/n in love so true:- 

Wo h .ve suffered much. — But O the precious gaial' 
S! e ir.ore, iu lh3 loss of that which suffers pain. 
i'lie (iyjng of those chords of fine sensation, 
i'liat \il.;rale to the touch of pure affection; 
Aii'l yet, witha!, inflict such cruel pain. 
And Ijleed our hea ts when love takes an averse veix 
() \rant misfortune can excel the dread 
Of a i'leart where love-chords are cold and deadv. 
O ! if iieeds be, let this heart in sorrow bleed,. 
This were, vre hold, a blessing sweet indeedj. 



Hi -MKCT rAlipXS ON [yij;; jT.A IV.E. 



Compared -wiih this, the death of that which knoW3 
The wounds oi* love, and al.vo that bestows 
The hf)on of pure and sweet an2;eh"c ])liss, 
When its fervent Learns hearts united bless. 
These love-tendrils, make music yet within. 
In iialloAved consolation ever bring 
Sweet recollections of lo^'es .'golden hours, 
TTliile I alojie, in memory tread her bowers. 
This joy reriiains us, to love her yet V\-ithal, 
Better unrec[nited love tlian none at all. 

What then ? Sh^.ll life move dov/M a cheerless 
Our fellows onl.v meeliug- to co;r. plain flane, 

Of oar s.iii lot, more than by dc^ath Ijereft ? 
As if no schice to a soul were leit 
Yv hen all create! bliso iiad t.iker: wings, 
And when dried up tliis earth's reiVe^sIiijig spriiigg. 
Ah! no, there's yet a slrea'ii in wliich to bathe 
The fevered mind and loneh^ Ureast: a wave 
Tiiat sings x\r.on tb.e lrouT)lel shores of time. 
A song of love that greets tl is soul of inine, 

.And charms to silence every inward wail, 
And clieers my pilgrimage up through the vail; 

: So all my troubles are forgotten hei e bel(rw. 
What can I Avisli? God ! ihy ovei-ilow 
Of love and grace and peace hav.j shii': jny moutli, 



'S OF Gzi\cy. a:;d ti^utii. 115 



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Anil my ]ioa.-:t boiiniied iVoni ev..^ry i]!0'a;-:;lit ofdronth. 

^AixVi I then ch:itror li'io tlis sw.Lilav*'' lij^re, 

And llius (IrLiu- out 1ji3 syinpitiielic tear? 

Or wince ii.r pitijs lro;n my ieilows round ? 

What for? Be]:o]d ! sucli joy aivl ]'tru:c aboiiiid 

Tiiat life, ya spits oi'lieil, is all icpleLO. 

Is'ay, let me ratJier oiler at thy leet 

The- service of my busy lile to bora- 

Thy words oiV-:>ralbrt to the iiearts of care. 

To administer the so&thin,^; lotion 

To others, rat;i:r thin excite compassion. 

TIis Vv'Oiid is full of ii ^arts in i);i*ieF oppressed ; 

JSend iis witli ijalm for every wounded breast. 

Tis i'ar mere :jlest to give a cheerful smile, 

And some beclouded soid from doubts beguile, 

Than receive a fliousand Idnd cond^^lenccs 

Jor wees the grace of God out balances. 

ISTow ehall my heart more joy jid!y ascend 
To God, Mdiere all our aspirations OM.d. 
Cleansed by blool., [13' lurn,ico sidl Dicve ]n;rinec!, 
Sliines Jlis Spirit in our Iieart a T)ev:ect guide. 
AM onr h:ippy being inio holier air, 
I.i''e an angj' strong, lieyl(;ih s., s.;vet]y I^ear; 
iV iiere eai-t'dy pi'ssion- ^ouus !): V; no aijouc, 
Cat mi:i ', soui, bod}', all are swallowed up in God. 



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Ji'irDITATIONS OX T[IK r?.AI':iKi 



Porevcr, O ray precious I-ord! 1 am thiiiQ, 
More than ever thine, a livin^^ shrine, 
Of thy fuhiesi?, Fatlier, Spirit^ Eon. 
O Thou Blessed, Etern.il Throe in One I 

Ameu 1 



k'^:''.-fi 




SOUL-Si^IPPLE eiTY. 



TFTE plan ol: tlih por>m wa^ su5,'g'e.-Jtocl to onr mind by E. E 
IlasU's tract, entitle 1 "Sf)!!!- rippU; l<h\n 1 "■ AVe preferred to 
■tise a City, 1-ecui e iIib Scriptures illu^tra e t le .'jinlley of sect- 
ion! \y ill ' City C/t' Babylon 

Leetlur is represented ai bavin'; sai !, "The liuman soul ii 
lame, a'ld Christianity gives it crutches.'' That is a pretty fair 
rcpreseii'ation of sect religion. TJie deceiver has kept the eyes 
■ of her devotees from the recrealing and healing p<nver of the 
■G(;spel of Christ, an 1 iinoa the pernicious crippiing sect props. 
The Church is ci u;):i.-e 1 to th') p2ri:'e3t human body; 
.and ^^ll;lt cratches are to a fioi'.w 1 man, sect institutions are to 
the real Ci;urch the complete body of Chris'', and the samj. ar- 
guments v\-ill apply ';a eiiher. The idea of Avoo.len era! ches be- 
.ing a constituant purt of (nir physical s'ructure.is no nioreridic- 
iili us than tluu fCet incorporation:; are essential parts of the 
Church. 

'•As if the staff should lift itself up, .ss if it v.'cre no v.'ood.'' — 
Isa 10: 15. 

"Lo thou trustest in the stair of i;his i)roicen reed, on Egypt; 
■whereon if a man lean, it v>i\\ go into Jiis hand, a d pierce t.'' 
—Isa. 36 : 6. 

"My people ask couns'^1 at their stocks, and their stalf de- 
'Clareth imto them. *■"•==•= Thcj^ have gone a n- oring .om un- 
der their Clod." — Ho.sea, 4: 12. 

'•How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod !" — 
. Jer. 48 : 17. 

'•Tlif Lord hath broken the staff of the "wicked. "-Isa, 14: 5. 

These passages are certainly to be taken in a spiritual sense 
-and they show God's abhorrence of all props and substitutes that 
men invent, found and lean upon, instead of simply "staying ou 
God in truth," leaning all ou Christ, and abiding "In the ond 
■divine Bodv, the C'ii"~-h. 



SOUL-0r^IPPLE STTY.. 



'^^^^'il^WiOT a. mere imao'inary 

m 



Object, bom on fancy's Y/ing, 
lis the city of this stoiy, 
'O But a real historic thiiiA'- 



^? Tliough by tropes and prox^er figures'- 

We delineate her fame, 
Thongh she has some mystic featureSj- 
She's an entity the same. 



She's a city, but not local, 

A disorder wide diffused, 
Or a system-cursed confusion,, 

By each system more confused. 
So we'll briefly trace her hist'ry. 

And inspect her filthy streets, 
Taking disinfectives plenty, 

For the morbidness she keeps. 



In tije boolv of E.eveLition. 

And in propLesy we .learn, 
'An aposlat3 geneivilion 

From tlie truth astray would tnrii. 
VA^ordd forsake the HoJy City 

Wherein dwelleth ri.^hte()Lls:■ie3S, 
-And from Zion's mount of beauty, 

Wander in the wiklerneso. 

■ And, like Cain who slew iiis brother. 

Fled into the laiid of Nod, 
From the country of liis f\ither. 

"From tiic prerence of his Cod," 
-A.nd there builded liim a city, 

Tliese apostates from the Lord, 
Were to think them v>-ise and mighty, 

Far above tii.' ■.vritten ~\Vord. ' 



So of them it was ] redicted, 

That a city they Yl devise, 
And \:er dc o 's so fcul ml ^vickecl, 

Were to reach mdo ;i:e skies. 
Also t:u seys i'ni n"!e ! o n ii rs'' — * 

An insult to V/isdom's Son — ■ 
Were to call th r bedlams • h'lrches. 

But Cod named her ••JJai^ylon." 

- . -.lev :(): Ik 



TT^'IZ CF ;l . AVD T V .U. !2t 



Tis fiiinilcd. Tlioy"vo hmlt tlio babel 

On the s:rads O-' s?ci:8:i strile. 
Her chief lb iiiider was the devil, 

Tliough disr2;ui<ed, slie is his wife. 
mill and all abominations 

l^dge ill Iier Ih^se latiev days. 
Eer six hiuidred babel initioiis 

Tread six liundred croolved ways. 

Each one leads direct to heaven,— 

So tlie bigots aj] declare — 
If you'Jl take the sectish leaven, 

And each quarter pay your tare. 
Keath a great- an;l to'v I'iiv^; steeple, 

At the head or eveiy srreei, 
Tiicre the mixed and '•■minded people," 

Both to ])laY and worslrij) meet. 

Tliere tliej thvonjx to sell and gamble, 
Orying, "all clojie, t-\\i'.;-e and tlirice.'* 
Soul;! are bartered lor a triile, 
_^ Tj-iiles bring the hi'.li:st price. 
"Ther3 arc iadics sold at auciion. 

To the higlitst In'dding fool. 
5101107 is tlie niigliry nnclion, 
'lliat inspires the pnlpit too]. 



12-2 so'-n.-rnirri-K cm', 



«So a thousand shoddy trinlvets, 

Dolls and monkeys, ]DOp and alo, 
J\f ake the merchandise of babel, 

-And insure a pious sale; 
J'or in buying every member 

Gets a ticket he conceits, 
"That will pass the door of lieaTCM, 

And secure the highest seats. 

There are shows and IcAvd carousals, 

Where ti.c members wlioo^j and langh^ 
JLnd with wicked men and deviib, 

Dance around the golden calf. 
Most conspicuous in the revel, 

Is the h3^pocritic priest 
Who tlius serves the very devil, 

'Neath the livery of Christ. ^ 

Kow they stand in line of battld, 

Mimic war, and muster brooms: 
Por their pastor's bread and butter. 

They must soften to buffoons. 
•^'Shoulder arms'', "there, hold them leveP- 

Even women take a parti — 
■*'Broom brigades" won't sweep the detil 

Nor liis cobwebs out tiieir tueait. 



Toi:'. 8 '.,v ;;:;.\ v. a:.d ti.t.:.!!* IHS 

I^'ew inventions, strang-e and silly 

Al\va3"s find a ready sale. 
Money begging without scruple, 

Please the prophets, "head and taiL'^' 
iSo tiiey Avelcomed in the devil, 

Heard him lie to gender fun, 
Put him up and sold at auction, 

Just to help the cause along. 

How it did surprise the devil. 

That the cripples bid so fast. 
All ihQ town was in a rival, 

Nick to have at any cost. 
As the sale ran high and rapid, , ' 

Satan hollowed loud and grufF, 
*'We have legions for your market^ 

And you all can have enough. 

So the prince of diabolians 

Took the undisguised control; 
For he needed now no longer 

AVear a mask in Oripple-Soul. 
To his children who could enter 

Only in the rear by stealth, 
Now the gateway standeth open, 

If they'll only bring their pelf. 



12i ■ s:ui--c:;r:'M.:; cttv. 

Koto tiial lioor.l and tell, if able, 

\V'l)ich cji'G sheep, and whi'-h are goats, 
it. would even puzzle Gabii d 

To assort tliem by their notes. 
Why should slieep, if luij present, (?) 

All adopt the goatish bleat ? 
Playing goat will not be j)leasant 

At the linal judgment seat. 

Yv'ell denominati-'d babel, 

Such she is in very deed, 
A confused and drunken revel, 

Killing Gouls lor mammon greed. 
Yet we've named her by Soul Cripple, 

A cognomen justly due. 
And you'll set it to lier credit 

As lier customs v/e review. 



r I ::s :::• G:iAC'..; a:::) riirT.i. 125 

ALL G) ON o:ar;:;rciii-:i in c?v,irrLL-soi"L. 

But wliercuulo sIuiU we Jikcn, 

Or '\vi(:j what similitude, ;, 

Paint this foolish generation ? 

Fooiisli children, sinrulljrood! 
All wiUiin that mystic city 

Walk not uprlg!tt on their leet 
But on crntciies play the cripple, 

'Tis a custom ihey must keep. 

Kot a man in p.l Soul-Cripple. 

Kot a womrai, i^irl or boy, 
But must go it on quadruple, = 

Must the ^^0Jden legs employ, 
Kot o .e eve r ( . i 3d it walking 

On c.-ojtel ieet aloir-, 
Kot on c u:clies to be slalkmg 

Were a scandal to the town. 

Strength and spee.l tlv- ir limbs arc losing^ 

At iou;-h G)l hal maJo them sound. 
B t o; w nit o ' proper using, 

H ng they iimpsy to the ground. 
Th-'ir bac vs f,r ; 1 o it, ar;.d shoulders gibbojjs, 

Thus they mojje as quadrupeds. 
6^«. agr i> n . t e r eye-, it hiippens 

(Some collide- pi:'.:-: ding heads. 



12 J fouL cp.irrLE city. 



But wliy go tliey thus a hobbling, 
Ricli and 2:»ooi-, and young and old, 

On their wooden members shuffling? 
Tliafs the riglit v.-a}-, they are tol(L 

From lliat city-s iu'st cdnception, 
There went forth a firm edict, 

None in Iier municipalion 
■ Dare in sounJnoss walk erect. 

So tlicy Iiold tlie old tradition, 

As a law in Cripple Soal. 
Each succeeding generation 

Master ci-li1c!l?s in the roll, 
iEarly teaeli the ytupid iiolioii 

To their chiU'.L-en as divine, 
On tlreir stilted locomotion 

Make them cripple into line. 

Now the useless legs they're sporting 

Arc oJ" \aried stamji and kind, 
Each one talvcs his own assorting, 

To tlio iancy of his mind. 
0"'er six Jjiindi'ed facl'ries humming 

Keep the market in supply. 
Ail in competiliou running. 

All in style and numbers vio. 



roE:.[3 CF GiiACii: anij Ti.uni. 12T 



T-ie oldest crutches in tlie m.irket 

Are the Roniun Papal brand. 
Til ey ill liuman blool are painted, 

Aad tlie liigliett price coniraancL 
All the?e anticj late.l relics 

Bear inscrlp.ion, Nicene date 
And a tradenKirl", 'Innie or" liarlots, 

JMvist'ry babylo.i tli3 great. 

This firm held cxcliisivo patent, 

And monopolized the trade 
For twelve ImulreJ years unrivaled, 

Until Luther iiaply made 
Tiie (liscovh'v that thoir charter 

Was without autjientic seal. 
So lie blazed al)road the matter 

l^y his tlmnder and his quill 

. Many cast tlie blco\y crutches 

From their galled arms away. 
Then ?:n angel hell disj)atchos, 

Feigri^ lly a son of day. 
And he liailed the reformation, 

IJid tliem q uickly organize : 
Mostly on the old Ibundation, 

J3uilt they Luth'ran crutclieries. 



\s 



sc:"L-c:::r:';.;-: r:- 

This is now tlie cKlest dnu^litcr 

or tlie harlot iiioirici; rrreat. 
Oath Ijouiul pri>oii, soui.s to shuiglitcr, 

Curs(:(I a!!!.l cle2:e!iorale. 
And licr i'r:i(le-i!i:;rk is l!ie second 

Two-honiiMl boast ili;',t did appear, 
Spea'^ii!,::: like uiilo a di'ap')n. 

And a (oaniin^; ke;:^ of beer. 

J^y'ext appoaT.?d the lvn.;l!sh cmtcheS| 

And the lii;:;]! Kpisjopal. 
"Thonee tlie luariia last increases, 

Every stylo couceivalr'e. 
Wycliil'e crutdics, Calvin eriitclies, 

Qi;a!:er, Shaker. I^fennonite, 
Wesley crutches, in twelve branches, 

M. E. crutches, black and white. 

Methodism.^ Afrie, German, 

Methodism rrotestant, 
Methodism labeled '-Galvin,-' "^ 

Bctli M. E'S. north and southern brandl# 
*'Free" and '• Union", Me t!ioIi;;ni. 

And the ism '-Primhive." 
All these hori^s o! beast division, 

On Heir sldted crukdies live. 



ro:: .3 or g"a::: a::? ziv.". i. IZ?" 

A (lo;:.}n cl::ii oi ^^ctho,li5:n . - 

( ".■■•."-] ;i^- ii-ro 13 Clirisi, and there. 
A!' r.i h\-. 1.' o ipo.-ilion. 

Co:n;v!ss c:\\t'\ to s:-il tlieir Avar?. 
Enicrtfiiii l!;e i;a>^:j riul funny, , . 

T,io anl st(';i!, to pio'is en'l. 
Any I'ook to vcuio t'.ie inonoy, 

Tliofs the way to raise the wind. 

In the nncle, ami Uije an:! dev'lisli 

Medio lisni lak^s the svray. 
8teep]e-honses ial] and stylish, 

JM'esh anl ivilk t';e goals to pay,. 
Festive ''•table? riiil o!:' A-onsit'' 

Is tl.e tra'e-in rk of tiiis name. 
She's a black and smoking comet, 

And lieV gl r. is lie: sliame. 

Tlien there are Baptist crutches, 

Hard-shel', an 1 n ';oxible. 
"Free-will"' Baptist, Bond-will Baptist^. .. 

n! t e creel '• i>: Principle,"' 
Tliere are apt'st calb 1 '-Ephrata.'' 

Sainrnarian Baptist oi, 
-'Aii'bajitis!,*' anl some l;iier 

jJ.ii list crntches \ve"]l uiido. 



-ISO SOUL-CRIPrLE CITY. 



First tliere are the tri-crutclied baptist, 

Tliree-dip Dnnkers, new and old, 
"Primitive," '-Progressive," factions. 

All spewed out, "twice dead" and coI(i. 
Tliey believe in three immersions, 

Rising filthy from the tloo.1, 
.But thinii not of one submersion, 

Neath the precious cleansing blood 

.In this mart of vain religions 

You will find on AYater street, 
-And at all her river stations, 

Crutclics vaunted as complete. 
. But the clubs that they are vending, 

Are as hollow as a horn : 
■ Tliey that buy need no repenting, 

In cold 's^'ater they are born. 

-All that ride upon their notion, 

TMnk tlje3'"re valiant in disxaute; 
Water, river, lake '.nd ocean. 

Here salvation they impute. 
'^'Deny the power" and, take our patent, 

Come and join our enix:>ty wells. 
:l^ote our trade-maric, 'tis a camel 

Feeding empty oyster shells. 



roors OF GiiAc:: and t?j.:t:i. ISl 



^y^>^g-y.,y, g i ^-y y^.i;;;r~-yy^:^j-gy.y^ 



Satan cooped a refbrmation 

In the key.stoiio-land of Penn. , 
Eklei-shipped it, witlr ovation, 

Down the river to this den. 
In the harbor of Soul-CTi])ple, 

Cast her anchor in the ]iiud, 
On her main-mast hung' the devil 

The misnomer, "Church of God." 

Here she phices on tlie market 

Her new crutch in Cripple Soul. 
Fills the measure of a hig'ot, 

la the sacred name slie stole. 
Her weak crutch is highly varnished. 

And lier trade- mark is a cloak, 
Willi a name in amber tarnished. 

And a camp befogged v/ith smoke. 

TliPQ she raked the earth for money 

To erect a factory, 
In the gassy towu of Fiiidlay, 

Wljfre her preacher dudes could h& 
Jaiight to ape and mimic others, 

Over nicely mince and nod. 
So they dote upon their Athens, 

Slie's tlieir pride iiJhiting god. 



2, GCrL-CIlliTLE .firY. 

Al] li^cso Lnpto 'socintior.s 

ilave a goi of 'water made, 
Leaving Jire and salvation, 

And llie Mood v/ithcat the trade. 
More than all tho sect who clamor ■ 

Jiist to make tiie siiiiier wet, 
Wlio iiave sv.-allo'.ved down a CampoeU 

And are strain iri.g at a gnat. 

True, to (ollovv Christ's example 

Is sublime, and very good. 
But to dip a tremiding sinner, 

Is to set at naught the blood. 
Dead to sin Jind self Ibrever, 

We immerging, testily, 
But to pi u. ago and raise a rebel. 

Is to dip him in a lie. 

While ardrop or two to sprinkle, 

That is but a popisli rit?, 
Catered to the llesh and devil ; 

Born in superstition's night. 
Yet tiie drop l)otrays its meaning, 

Si!app?d into tlie sinners face, 
That Oil sponors lie is leaning, 

i [.)-in:: or a d,oo of i^race 



rof::\:s cl'- '^racf, a\]-> t.mtu. 133 

Since to bury in immersion 

Presuppose? ^ve ara dead, 
'Then repent and ::;et salvation 

K'er into l!;e stream you're led. 
EiJ ii" candid;ite is tiithy, 

And to sin iie will not die, 
■Tlien il;e fcnia.ll^st bit of water 

AYiil but t^dl t!ivM-ss-r lie. 

•O! ye Pr-cs1)ytor::ii": r-ratehes, 

All oTdozy ti;:;i.;;er made, 
"Engli.sii,"' '^German,"' '••Kirk of ScotlancI,''' 

'•Cun;berian<l,"' ■•Associiite."' 
And. "secede rs'- iVoin tl^c IJible, 

"Covenanters'' and Kelbrmed; 
lEach priestism is a eliarnel, 

And your wooden legs deformed. 

'There are props United P>retLren, 

All disjointed out of Clirist, 
■Glassite, Ilieksite, and Socinian, 

Eotten Universidist. 
■There are crulches labeled Christian, 

All the !3etter to deceive : 
/.nd an eartii-born '•Oliristian Union^* 

'I'ir.i \v(iuld all io:;et!ier weave. 



Trji jiMui-cni;'] le ci ; v. 



M.-itorialisfic cratches 

Also occupy a stand. 
And some tables spread with cltltclies, 

Hop as devils ])lay their hand, 
fliere are crutches Uiiitarlau, 

Ornish, dull of sale and rust. 
Also Sii [)ralapsitarian, 

A few Laiidisites in dust. 

There are crutches "Congregational," 

And '-Associate Reform."' 
A-lid all dark "EvLingelical," 

God-ibrsaken and forlorn. 
JRiver Brethren, Shaw's young Mission, 

Unswathed, out of season born. 
All the bundles we can't mention^ 

A confusion multiforn 



POOi? 0¥ GilACS ASsl. Tra'TIT. 135 



MILLER S .NO-GOL'L LDIT ON. 

'TwAS in ciirliteen ibur and forty, 

Williaai Miller set the clay, 
That ho would, vatli all his party, 

Spread liis wings and llyaway. 
So they robed theniseh'es all ready, 

And assembled in the tow]":. 
Though their faith v/as strong, yet steady 

Gravitation held them down. 

As the sun his race was running. 

All with upward gazing eye, 
"Waited for the Sa^•ior"s coming, 

To confirm tlie prophet's lie. 
But their flapping ^vas a failure. 

O'er them Avaned the evening light^ 
Leaving all the du])es of ]\Iiiler 

In confusion's darkest night. 

But they'd started out to travel 

On some new discovered route, 
So, assisted by the devil, 

They mu.st n.ever turn about. 
Then they met in general council 

For to hit upon a creed, 
"Whic h oi' all the lies in Cripple, 

Thcir's must take tire very lead. 



_iiJo '^'i':. cn:r: :.!: ci'iT 



So {.lie devil soarehod tlie rocorcl 

or Ihe meanest lies lie'd tliciiglit, 
'fheii he moved, and IJiller second, 

And "Iwas carried by vote; 
■"These Iwo cratches, in Sonl-Orippio 

We will place u]^on the roll, 
■ That 'nealh Sinai vre must tremble, 
And deny wo have a soul." 

'Then this cra^t, in hdschood shapon, 

And conceived in very sin, 
'Tlieir inlevnal Ijudncss onon, 

And to Londai:;e pdher in. 
Use the hnv to !ill liieir coilers, 

And to spread idii-ir lic?s abroad. 
At salvation they are seoilers, 

Koc^iiu SaturJay's tlieir iiud. 

Uut the city co'a.ncil ]sstiO(l 

7\.n injunction on tlieir trade, 
For that market, ^yas dciilded, 

Jiisl i'or Cri.^ple Soul was made. 
<-) ye Advents yc can never 

In lids market hold a stall, 
i'roni 8oul-Griv'nle yen inust seven 

I'cr ;:, e ]:avc" no i:cnl at^alh 



CK .\vr Mj;:::!. iST 



sj'ir'<E:2>s^v<a 



Then tlie foolisli Millcrisin 

.IVll to looking very brov/u: 
II:;vi!i2; pitched so (hr Irom Ziou 

We"3 ]]ot lit I'or C:-i[>]>lo Town. 
'■So Ihor ]n:i(!c ,i. iiew cditio-i : 

In tlio '-wildoriipss of sin,"^ 
Thd'e to vcuJ. thi^ir ]_)]iiO religion, 

And to spread tlK'ir legal gin. 

*T\vns a waste Tiiid dcpert region, 

Onee noKsessG-d bv iSaddiicces, 
"TriiO denied l;olh so'jI and angel, 

For tlio ileshbr riiind to please. 
-fio did Ebionitcs inhabit 

Tiiis parclied v.iid in Liter years. 
In the smoke of burning lb reb, 

There tiiey groped in legal fears. 

They Avere "wanting nnderstanding', 

"Poor in sense," Origen said. 
The epistles all rejecting, 

On tlie pentatencli they stood. 
"The Galatians were so lawish 

Once to think of moving tliere, 
I5nt the 'postle cried, ye "foolish," 

Flee from that satanic sinire. 



tc'CL-ciVAVLi cixr. 

j5o ttiese iramoiitanian deserts 

Laj^ for many ages waste, 
TiJl the Non-soul-legal-ventists 

Out of Cripple Soul were cast. 
Here in '"blackness and tlie tempest," 

And beneath the thundering curse, 
All these bondage sons of llagar 

Gathered up their babel force. 

fiere the}^ walled about their region. 

To exclude all angels' strol]. 
And so fear all apparitions 

That they carnify t]ie soui. 
And, lest God should make them troubl% 

Say they're onlj^ llesh and wind, 
Knowing he will never bother 

With the lower cattle Idnd, 



POE^rS OF GI^\Cip AND T U "IT, loU 

BDOTIi'S ALL XOISE KD:TIii>r 

Satan liacl the city courtetl, 

And to many tliey agrc^ed. 
"WJieii the nuptials celebrated, 

They were nidel}^ cliavivarul 
Marched a brigade, all red shirted, 

General EGotli in chief command, 
Proudly O'er them banners Haunted, 

An imposing martial band. 

Tlien tlicy broke the grave-yard silence 

Of the city, lost in dreams. 
Drums were boating loud and vigTOUS, 

Olh.ers thumpiiig tambourines. 
All the town awoke in panic. 

I'eams took friglit and ran away. 
Kcrvous men were seized with i'raiitic, 

And the devil v\'as to pay. 

Da.y and night tliey kept the racket 

Of the drumming round the tow-u. 
Seeiug they would never stop it, 

Couiicil niot to siiut them dovvn. 
But tlie loud noisation amy 

Said their mission was i'rom God. 
Uooth, they thought more wise than JesQS. 

Had supplanted Ilim as head. 



I4C' ,so:;j. cr.:rp; i^ c:ty, 

Christ ]:al L-icked the special wisdora, 

Rloiioy r.ikiiig to demand 
Of the ])r?'iciiers he commissioned, 

As tlio}' traveled o'er the hind. 
Booth preeminence obtaining. 

Oji his financiering tact, 
Now jisserts lii;:- lordship standing^ 

Filhiig out wliat Jesus lacked. 

Jesus even was so simple 

That lie sent His Jieralds torth 
Witliout drum or linkliag cymbal, 

Nor a t::un]jOiu-ine ; for-soo!h 
Taught, if lie but be uplirteJ, 

And His love the peoj:)]e saw, 
Tlirougli the melling of His Sj)irit, 

Then to Him all men would draw. 

This the GJeu'ral thought a failure, 

"•Christ aloiie will never do, 
If the world ^ve lione to capture, 

"We must marcli vv'itli x)omp and sliow^ 
A "kingdom not with observation," 

Will not t;dce in our day ; 
Teii to one v.ii! join religion, 

J;' we make a lin^ dis:)lav.-'' 



rwK\:S OK Gir\c:c a:cd tiiltii. T-II 

Chri?t, w'Q i\';;d. is '^'head" and ''captaiiij'' 

Oi II;.-- Clir.iv-li and kiiv;doin 'pure, 
I^uoili ]ii-;\>:i:ncHl Iiimself coniiuission. 

Into rival oilicc swore ; 
As it irr;)\-ed a speculation, 

Oao 3Iv)',)r.\ Ihouglit he'd share the spoil 
^ So tliey spsil t'le claUeration 

111 two ariiiics on tliis soil, 

KoAv Ihoy plant tlieir rival forces, 

Froiilir.g each in battle line. 
E:icl). to Ciich lift np a "'war cry," 

Ih-avC'V s;)iilo t!ie tainbourine. 
Moore, liJO tia'(;:r. eeixed the barracks. 

And conini;;!Kl in ciiief assumes. 
So the}' lire on each other, 

Willi their paiiited ''Quaker guns." 

But the safely of Soiil-r^jipple 

Was e iuai.igcr.'d by their din. 
Druuini'n-^, tliumpin/:; like a rabble 

Nuisvace, a sliockinp; sin 
•<j,i:nst tlie sacredness of Sabbfith, 

.'\iid ag'.iiiist al! cojninon sense. 
A.i a iH)riow-druin religion, 

Like the I'liarisee'a nrelensc. 



ii'-i souL-ciij.rj'Li' cixy. 



So this rackctuitioii army 

Was ejected i'roni the Town, 
And they formed a new edition, 

To the city of renown. 
On a dry and' desert common. 

Joinnig on to Quaker street, 
Here tJiev stivc tiie g:»d of jnamraon. 

And their niarlird glory beat. 

Here tliey drum men out the kmgdom. 

Of the devil, in their rankt.^ 
Who but glorhy tlie bedhnn, 

Lavish on it ail their thanks. 
Here tliey s])read the banqnet table, 

Spend file night in revelr> 
AILvingX'hrist^in all -their babel, 

Heii ap])roved profanity. 

Drmikanls leave tlieir Vvhiskey gnzzlmg, 

Join the ar.ny, JouJ and brave, 
1'c tile pious 'tis so puzzliiig, 

L'linns and taniboui-ines can saTO. 
Tinifc soon inoves it ne salvation, 

J,;: enlhusJosiic spelL 
Soon liie sIi;il!o\v weak sensation 

L;>:>vts the soul cnrcute lor iieil 



roois or gpacl aat teutu. 713 



JCIIKSOX^S ALL-IIAIL EDITK N. 

TVIizie tne Dusmcss of iSoul-Cripple 

Made :V- wanted daily round, 
Av5d lier crutches selling rapid 

All along her market ground. 
And her merchaiits waxing wealthy, 

By the 'bundance of her trade, 
SJsddeniy there rose a sturdy, 

Who no little trouble made. 

^W the people of 11 le cily 

W ere much startled by a sound, 
Tiiat proceeded from a speaker, 

And ro-ehcoed all around 
In the cliieffcst convocation, 

At the corner af the street. 
On a store-box elevation 

Spake the man with zealoRS heat 

£o ihc crippled souVans hearkened. 

Horror stricken into mutes ; 
Tor that voice so loud and l-;>iiow 

fc>eemed to co/ie up from his boots. 
Tea it rattled ; "gainst the bi:o? dings, 

Like an angry threatening row. 
iBo tlie people canie togetiier, 

W'cnd'rinir what was ccnnug now. 



141 toi-r.. :::■:::■;.[: c:tv. 

And ljol:o]d I it was a prondier, 

ill a ilecj) and i:ul t'ral tone, 
Cijing, '"]>iit awtiv yotir crutches, 

Stand co'nplete in Christ alone. 
'I'hQre'a no us;) of all this hobbling 

On VQur siniul seclish props, 
Tiir^ydv inventions of tha devil, 

Aiid iJAir njerchants gaudy lops. 

♦••youv divisions aro ill wicked,. 

i'hey enL^ender oidy striie; 
Jesus prayed that iii:^ (iiscijiks, 

Should be'onc liere in this hie. 
iNol, ills Word, but you.r inventions, 

Have begot ton ])V.Yly ]i ics, 
ThereiV;re burn up all your crutches, 

And repent of all y(.u; sins." 

This vras now an awful message, 

In the. c;u'S of Cripple-Soul, 
•'lie's a n^over o!' fodition, 

^;k1 a sacriligions IV. o\" 
Cried the people in a clamor, 

Keaih tiie sniariing ol his scourge. 
ThouLih ]nuch truth was in his hammer, 

Kul a coal was in his lor^ . . 



r.ji::s cr cj^aci: a::j nxi::. 



Er.t Iho fierce intrepid scolder 

^Vas not eas'ly driven vui. 
So Ihtit niijit he took ]i;? corner. 

And rcsiimcd Ins j^mj-i)'.^ out 
Hail and j;r3pt;-'iOt on llie crutclnics, 

Qnile lo lurak i])e unsinc^s x-j). 
£o lie nnule tlie b:il(']on n'cri'.iic.uis 

SwuIIOAV down 3 bilici cu].'. 

V»'licn llio icHid d'senurso \Yas over,, 

An;l '.))e !x-\3^Lc(iou ]io\ved, 
'Iloand Ibc sj-v-. kor there did gather 

Qniie ^n i!xli.:!;;iii'.n crcnd. 
*'\VhY invt'iph jiu'a'.ni... our crutches'*' 

One and all lioii;!;; to cry, 
On (hern we In.'ve leaned lor ;:^gcs 

-And we'll ridv them till we die.'*" 



Kay, bid ai,>s\vered Lyman Jolmson— - 

For lliat ^^as l! e speakers name — 
Christ is all wo need to lean on, 

Bui yoi.M' cvntches jnake you lame. 
O.K- liien. uave this quip r(;ioinder, 

••ii:;;Oiibii;l.ency you sh,ou\, 
V» iiiU; you sniiu; us witli ycur Jismmer^. 

You vour-seii' on crutchts no.'' 



-lio scrL-fTjrF3.,E r.'iTr. 



This prov'ked a burst of cheering. 

When llie laughter did suhside, 
And ilie stranger had a jiearing, 

He ^^ehcmentl}'' denied. 
But rejoined again the other, 

'/Do not lie, for it is true, 
"Since }-ou left the lap of mother, 

You bavo rode on crutches too." 

-"Not a man in all Sonl-Cripple 

More tlian you on crutches ride. 
Lilvvi; your spiii? your creed is crooked, 

As ii" satasi sat astride. 
'We have all some kind of 'crutches, 

And we t'liuk it no disgrace, 
"Hut the man that Ivceps his covered 

Best be scarce abodi this place." 

At tb.is Lyman dtqw more chafy, 

And in loiid delciice he cried, 
■'*Tt is J also, I have no hobl^y, 

On no ]i;icl:ne_ye';l props I sirido. 
"OJirist is all I wnrit I tell you, 

All yovir crnV-hcs I disdain, 
'They're a cui'so to all \l:is city, 

They dishonor Jesuc^ name." 



re::.:.- o;- t.u:u:!<- a^d tultji. .t-*T 

'J'Leii they, pressiug round him, rudely 

Kaised his s;icerdo:.ai p:cr\v'i-j, 
"^¥hen, behold' i(^ hi.^ conmsion, 

There the man Avns lurjginii; down 
'T^'ixt th.e sam3 old Quaker crurclies 

Oil iheir m;:irket long had stood. 
Then great laughter ainl derison 

Bv.iBt irom all the nuillilude. 

Uius exposure ttiT've Oie pester 

in confusio}! oiU Uie row]!. 
Kow liiere v^as a Quaker common, 

Held by thorn an 1 Booth alone ; 
iSIortii aivd \\-est\v;u.-i.l from the city; 

On thai bleak and dreary site 
lie took so[uatier'a right to f;ettle. 

And to. carry on the ligiit. 

Twas a slightly elevation, 

From tlie groat contusion town, 
Winch advanu'gtMous "oosidon 

'Nabled liin:- to scaiter down 
Hail and all annoyijig missiles 

To molest Ihe devotees. 
Hiding yet l:h aritl-naggy, 

lieVi assail theL" crutclieries. 



«4^ 



Then (his Ccipplc Soul toriTiciiter, ■ 

Struck upoii this new device ; 
Built a lyveat relVii:;erL;tor, 

Tiuib vroul'l in;iunfa';tiire ice, 
Which, ];y Kaiiiaiftr and b}- winter,. 

Witji an engiiKny of wur, 
He t.in;8'V on ^hd iViUid city 

AU Uieir resiless pence to mar. 

1} what lormcAL and what sorrow 

From that north edition came, 
JI»il-slones now and ice toniorrow, 

Tripped and «lunib]ed nil the lame* . 
ijk'od and fire lie never nrlngled, 

All a friii^-id a^:pect wore. 
So the chilly bhvsl.s oi" Ly:nan 

Fi^Oiie their dead reliirion mors. 



jgjj-Y-Taijsp- ytsss" v^g^ v^'^^iBsy V va ss^v^a iy v '^t 
RUSSEL'S HOAX-AGE EDITION. 

J'uST v:hat jKlvorso monlding; jbrcGS 
^I;;;.- h;.vo -■:.-:H>e<i their dire elTcct 

\\'^ are v.ot T^icpni-ed !:c) state. 
JyvA ]t Sc^^n}=? lli;:i!;. sonie luistbrtane 

S^^t Hpon h'l^i embryo, 
Ilen-e n. ^va^. the Ro y Bible 

He oouLi kol believe \vas irue. 

•On thvt Booh he snt in judirnieut, 

H({[\\hij:. it niucl> under par, 
JBy the ';-a:id;:^]d of his \visdom : 

y^v he Uioaght, 'Lwere better iai^ 
TIuu i:: beei^ co;b;ned to lieaveii, 

An;i r»iat a]], must lu it dwell ; 
Jjut, de^ir ! t::;it di-e;idiul inrum 

Ol' an evevia>ting iieil 1 

Tlio' '(.will do oil earlli to'J)ri^3on 

Me'.i wiio tbirst ibr hiivnau l/iood, 
Jill sliould freely stalk bi Heaven, 

Thief and villain, b;:.d and good. 
■^Sinco the '\Vord gives laitiifnl v/ai'iiing^ 

That the vdcked must dej-isrt 
If they slight coinplete ;;;uvation, 

And ;:o ce:noriize tjicir hearb 



3^' J SCUI,-(n;iI TLE CITY. 



Hassel sail! he would not stand it; 

Unless Gcd revised the Book, 
To the Avisdoiu ol'liis ethics 

He*'d drop on the skeptic liook. 
Since the Scriptures verse his reason, 

And declare tliere is a hell, 
He Ivicked out of Heaven's traces, 

And became an infidel. 

JBut to be a skeptic merely, 

Did not meet the devil's plan, 
That is stale and out of season ; 

So, said he, ''my faiHil'ul man, 
You've been bravo 'gainst the Bible, 

And abhorred tlie thoughts of IielL 
But you'll curse tire place still loudei 

'^\'licn v.'itii us a while you dweiL 

"INow I knov,' you love promotion, 

And I've found a place for you. 
We've devised, in lieirs conventioli, 

iSomething aUogetlier new. 
Or, at least, v.-e've dr'ssed it over, 

>S-o it cannot help I'ut take, 
For the restless hearted sinnet 

Wants a cooler for the "lake.** 



roE:.:s cf ghac:: A5i)T..Uia. 751- 



"Once we did a thriving busiacss 

On.-tlie universal bate. 
But the thunderbolts of heaven 

Knocked it wliollj out of date. 
Ko \Ye gave it a new dressing, 

And -confessed that lieil is right. 
But its flames would work redemption. 

And just burn the sinner white. 

This was also soon exploded 

Audi, it fell in disrepute; 
For in spite of all precaution, 

It showed up in hellish I'mlt. 
So we've now revised tlie system 

And will make anotlier run 
"STilh the same old lie tucked under 

Tiiis new garb, ''the age to come."' 

We bestovr on you the h.onor 

To be lioad of this }ievv' plan. 
Many socri would jum]3 the offer, 

But we tliink you are the man. 
Therefore publish to all nations 

That a favored nge is ne-^r, 
That will scoop all up to Heaven 

Who iiave served the devil heres- 



Need not teii tliem to Do -wicKcd. 

Tliey'il alleiKT (o that no doubt, 
"WliCii vou promise tliem our patent 

Oui'ning ago to help them out. 
-Por t!ic works Tve planted in them*' 

V\'il] ])ropel tlieiii right along, 
Into cvjy Jine of sinning 

When lh(i fears oi Jiell are gone. 

Mr. Russcl bov:ed p^:;\;tely 

And eiKi'^ressed no small surprise 
That, amid his numerous fam"]}^, 

He sliould so e()nS:)ieuoiis rise. 
'^Since,''' said lie. ^'it's fallen on me 

To bo head and patentee 
Of this lalesL shiil inferna], 

1^11 accept it clieerfully." 

€o they made a new edition. 

I'o the town of every cralt., 
'Till too late dcyierred rodernption ; 

And ibr joy the demons laughed 
All Ihe sijiner";-; lust unbridled, 

AVho believe the soothing lie, 
*'Now's tlie time to dance and revel, 

And get pious by and I)y. 



roEJis t3F liriACT;; axd Tr.uTJi. 



■*'Yo-p; good tidin2;'=;, \Ir. Rusff-';!, 

ijJiits ouv wishes very well ; 
For we love to ?erve the devi:, 

Eut kept ])ack ibr fears of iieli. 
The Old Bible has baivatioa 

Forced iinoa ilie peor:)}e '•now,'* 
J3ut I hke your new ediiion, 

Y\^iiere the fulure age will do. 

•«Whal-s tlie me fo be Religions 

Wiiere it inalces the de\il rage. 
Just keep liack, he won't disturb us 

In tiie Russelsonian age. 
And its nice to Ijave his favor, 

In this V\''orld where lie's at home, 
So well serve hiin till he leaves us, 

in the liappy age to cojne. 

"The old Bible's far loo narrow, 

All its ho;^e must liere begin. 
So we'll stretch .t to anothe.- 

Age, to liave more time for sin." 
On a lielhvard leaning ''Tower," 

luissel and the devil sit, 
AVliile their f;i!.s.-..o )d lovijig army's 

Mi.r. h ng ov.ir.vaid to the pit. 



i^i ^-OU.L-CT.irr'LE cv:tv. 



GOD CALLS ins PEOPLE OUT OF ilElW 

While llie populace of Cripple 

But corrupted all their way, 
(lod beheld in sovereign pity, 

Some Vv'ithiu her prisons lay, 
Who were citizens of Zion, 

And vvere of another heart. 
jLliese ail hoard a voice frovn heaven, 

Oome ^'■nry people" thence depart. ' 

Yea, arise, depart ''my people," 

"This is not at ail your rebt,"' 
JFor, alas ! it is polluted, 

T'vvill thy soul in tophet cast, 
And destroy with sore destruction. 

Lest her plagues upon thee fall, 
i'lee ye out the midst of hab'lon 

And deliver novr thy soul. 

Ivlica]i-2:10. Jer.5i:6. 
Jesus Christ the aAvful "Breaker" 

Then came up before tlieir face, ' 

To assemble all of Jacob, 

And redeem them by His grace. 
So He oxjened up a passage, 

Through the gateway led them out. ' 
As their King passed on before them, j 

All the multitude did shout. ^ 

Micali 3: 13. U 



VYlien tlie Lord Gvr.cnated, 

Lei't Jier empty, desoliite, 
^orth He calJed the iiouest hearted, 

He Hinis^ii' Aviliioafr litr gate. 
"Come,-' coine all ye '■•uny people/* 

Or my face no more ,yoiriI see, 
Hear my voice no more in babel, 

Hasten out and come to me.'' 
Rev. IS: 4, 2:3. 

Yet within jier meshes lingered 

Soine v,"ho vrere of -'double iiiind.'' 
Who loved God, but knew not whetheti 

They could leave all else behind. 
Then, with Trumpet louJly soumiing,. 

Messengers Jehovaii sent, 
Preacliiiig the Etei-ual Gospel, 

And commanding all repent. 

Hol;ed in spotless wliite of Heaven, 

(xlory shone, upon their face. 
And tlieir words, an awful hammer, 

Foil liiie hajl-stone on the place. 
Bui there wrs yet \v;t'i it mingled 

Flaming lire, and the blood; 
Tiiese they cast upon tlio people^ 

Aud extoled the ^io!i of Gud. 



T^ -s-uuL-cr.iri'LE city. 



JEIaii destroyed their false religion, 

Wliile the blood and lire combined. 
Cleansed and purged unto perfection, 

All who were of willing mind. 
£oon the wood, and hay and stubble, 

Caught on lire all around, 
And their fact'ries were in danger 

To be leveled to the ground. 

1^'or these heralds spake in power 

Awful burning Avords of God. 
X'reaching Christ and full redemption, 

Through His all atoning blood. 
JSach one had a golden censer, 

Filled Avith Heaven's lioly liamo, 
Whicii they cast upon the city, 

J:i their King's ^ilmighty name. 

Tlien rdl they who sighed for freedom, 

4nd abiiorrtd the city's deeds, 
Wept for joy to hear the tidings, 

A.nd renoiuiced their dAvarfing creeds. 
"Long," said the.y, -'we have been waiting 

For the light tliat shines to-day, 
"T?is th.o truth we have been seeking, 

And we'll tread its ^jlden v/p.y. 



roi::.i's cf grace akd thutii. 15T 



But now cnne the days of trouble 

For that city of ill hie ; 
For the Lord arose to. judge her 

In her uicked Sodom state. 
So "their la:.^es gathered blackness. 

And '"they gnawed their tongues for pai%'* 
• For her nierchaiidiss was perished, 

Dead and gone her liopo of gain. 

They were "mad upon their idols," 

And they strove against tlie Lord. 
Even gnashed upon His servants, 

Just ).)ecaiise tliey preached His Word* 
Eacii began at once cxtoling 

His own iiob'oy verv much. 
Crying, "Great is our .Diajina, 

And all giory to our cruLcli. 

*lf yoti hun\ up all our cr'itches 

And ooasiune our I'actorios, 
You will leave us stripped and waste<J^ 

For what have we else bt.it these?" 
But the holy horaids answered, 

"AVo are come to do you good, 
Even cr.rn you from these idols. 

To the true and living God." 



15S EouT.-orjrPLTi; cuy. 



Then spake one for wisdom noted, 

In his town an honored sage, 
"That crutches do have God's approYal 

Is evinced by hoary age." 
"Nay, by fruits we know eacli system. 

Not by mere antiquity. 
'Else, would sin, the source of factions, 

Yet present the stronger plea." 



Tlien stepped up one Mr. Simple, 

By him-self reputed wise. 
JPn a centumacious wrangle 

Labored loud to 'pologize 
For.the City-s superstition. 

He alleged it indiscreet 
For a living man to venture, 

Walking only on two feet. 

"Eor, said he,'' a pond'rous body 

Can't — a scientific fact — 
Best securely on two proppings, 

Hence our crutch is what we lacked 
If by casting two legs frorr* usl, 

We could better get about, 
Would we not bo yet more sup]iifei 

T.^ftSi two in^tTO and do witliOttt. t''' 



rcEi-js cr a?.AGE anp truth. 155 



jBat lliey answered, "0 ye people, 

"Ye ask counsel a,t your stocks." 
And ye -'say your staff declareth." 

80 ye lean upon your props. 
JErring in j^our ^Yhoredom spirit, 

Egypt is the staff you trust, 
Aiid while on it you are leaning, 

It doth in your vitals thrust. 

Hosea 4 : 12. 2 [iings IS : 21. Isa. m : (J. 

"The^T- do "bi'eak and rend thy shoulders/^ 
. Sorelj^ pierce within thy "loins,'' 
Yet ye make these, your inventions, 

Equal to your tlesh and bones, 
And as needful as tb.e members 

Of the body, all complete, 
God created, standing perfect. 

Unencumbered on its feet. 

J'lze. 20 : G, 7. 

"Is there life Avilhin your crutches? 

Have they veins and coursing blood? 
*'As if tlie staff should lilt up,'' bravely 

Yea, "as i)i it were no wood." 
I. the Lord create tlie body, 

But your props I can't endure, 
Tliey insidt creative wisdom 

And exalt the creatiu-e more. 
-Jar. 10: U, 15. Isa. 10: 15- .1 Cor. 12: 21, Z . Eph. 1:23 



Iv ■) SCUL-GRtlTLE CJTV. 



''With the God-cfeated body 

You these timbers elnssily. 
Yet you know tliey-re late invcfttions, 

And your claim for tliem a lie. 
Long before these cripple trappings, 

Was tlie body Heaven made, 
And on it you cast dishonor 

By your counterfeiting trade." 

"You've detormed and dwarfed the system,- 

By your cliimtsy headed rails. 
And reduced its locomotion, 

To V.ie crawling of tlio snails. 
And you're taxed and dnnnmed to paupers- 

To suppori. yonr cratcheries, 
In return you're hani,iug empty, 

Like a scare-crow in the brce/:e.'' 

But again rejoined the cripple 

In (.'(jnccit aiid higotiy, 
"Look out over hill and \MjIey, 

Those green waving lields you see, 
Keaclnng into foreign missions, 

■Were all planted, watered tilled 
By ni'n leaning on their crutches i 

Would von hhist tln^'w '>T>oi'll\i- irra^icJ2*» 



rOI'MS OF UPtAOE AND ^RHTI. IGl- 



^'Nay,'' replied the herald of Heaven, 

"I'd not blast, but ranch improve, 
And enlai-ge the i'ruits of labor. 

Those poor crops can never prove 
That yonr crutch is an advantage : 

Thej obstruct your arms and hands, 
As you labor iu tlie vineyard, 

As you hobble o'er the lands. 

"If some products have been gathered, 

Ey weak (•ri[)ples hung on poles, 
HoAV muc.i gL-eater were the harvest^ 

And the v.utagc of poor sotiIs, 
Had you c.;st olf all encumbrance, 

And like men, erect and strong, 
Swi tly i atherjd in aibundance, 

While on props you've moped along, 

"0 ye fod'sh gcn'rationl 

All su )ve -ie I. b'iud and dumb! 
How unfit ibr distant natiuns, 

Ail d viJe.l lu're ; t home. 
You have ■ omp vssed land and oceaa, 

See n^- s Is ostensibly ; 
But have sl-niu -■' t "• vny ];eathen, 

Eacli with rival « rufclierv." 



-162 souL-crjprLE citt. 



Then arose another zealot, 

Who avered his crutch the best, 
Said he'd not exchange for any 

Other patent on the list. 
. But the herald answered quickly, 

"God cares not to have you swap, 
But flee out this cursed city. 

And give all her business up." 

. Lo, this causfd the man to shudder. 

Filled ^vith horror and amaze. 
• "O my crutch ! my crutch! ! ray city I 

Eather Jet the orient ])laze, 
-Never light again my vision; 

Let my tongue forbear to move, 
. And my hands forget their cunning. 

If my crutch I cease to love ' 

"Should I cast away my "Method.* 

O what could I lean upon.'? 
I should have to seek anotlier, 

Or soon break and topple do"\v 
. So to give up all our crutcli.es 

Would but lead to ot'ier kind 
-And, alas ! there-re now too miai>^ 
They confuse and craze the mind.'^ 



tCE:.:S OF GRACE AiilD T..UTH. IC3 

'"You would take away our leanings 

And you bid us walk erecl". 
But this would be unbecomiiig, 

An^ a thing we can't expect. 
'There's none joerfeet, no none perfect! ■ 

So. we can't, we can't be straight 
'Till we quit this liCe of sinning, 

And we enter Heaven's gate." 

Then the angel answered, "Cripples, 

You deny the po\v'er oi' God. 
Y'ou ignore the great Physician, 

Who hath slied His precioas blotf^, 
'Thee to suve in perfect soundness, , 

And respine you by His might, 
Put you wall-iuig u^jrigli!:, soaring 

Like the eagles sunward iligiit. 

*'In His name, the Great Jehovah, > 

We must blow tliis avri'ul blast, 
Judgment, ire and lull destruction 

On this wicked place is cast. 
"Therefore allvour crutches, idols, * ■ ■ 

Gather in a gei^ral heap, 
.And t' appease the wrath of Heaven 

Burn them, bum them in the street. 



.134: £:OT-L-ca-r:,E cttt, 

*'This thy cup that God has given, 

Cuj) of worm\\'ood and of gall. 
Ye must drink it all-j^e nations, 

"Drink, be drunken, spue itnd ftili.^ 
So they dranlv tlie cup of fury-, 

And were "moved and mad and teil/'' 
*'0n their glory shameiul spewing,'' 

Filled the place with fumes of iisll. 

Then those fac'tries where the cnit:!hes- 

Were turnevl oat in great supply. 
Soon were wrap[:ed in red destruction;. 

And the peoj de raised a cry, 
O my crutcli'ry ! my crutchiy ! 

Woe is me this evil day. 
O my great and noble fact'ry, 

In its ashes soon must lay! 

When they saw tlieir pri le was burning,, 

And their merchandise had. lied, 
Far at sea lier merchants v^^eeping, 

Casting dust upon tlieir head, 
Loud bewailed her sudden ruin. 

Saying, ^-O alas! alas!! 
Our great city cLou;ed in purple, 

Lies a biuvtiing smoking mass. 
Kev.]S:lo-ia. 



TOTALS ■;■' nr^cj!'. AUD "^.trr:: 165 



"Then the angel of Jeliovali 

Said to all: the holy ones, 
"*'Re;o'ce A])ostles, and ye Heavens 

Over Iier, as juJgnieat comes.'' 
And they shoutid, Alleiuja! 

•JNoAV is coms salvation pure, 
-.-And the lihvz( oin an 1 ilie glory /. 

Ot oiu' Go 1 iorever more ! 

'Then the c'ty was di de 1 : 

All the good and pure and bit?st 
.Dee] er into God cn:i ed. 

' i\nd altained His oly rest. 
Ewn 'mid the wil i ommot'on 

Oi the city's utter la J, 
'Tlioy resolved to go to aleai. 
/ nd their King was d 1 in all./ 

'TI Gfe all cast away their crutches, ■ 

And began to wixlk ■ rec . 
.But the cliildren ol' con usion. 

Though- more numerous, were deject. 
] or it rievedtheni sore t'lat many 

Had ignored their wooden gods. 
'So they gnaslied upon tlie pilgrims, 

Beat them with their stilted hobbs. 



'^>'^ SOUL-Cr.I?rLE CITY. 



And, i)9!!oM ! wiieii Quaker Lj^maa 

Saw his ice was melting down, 
Yet delaaied the holy remnant, 

Biora than all in Cripple Town. 
In so much that justice ordered, 

Tliat his name and deeds befit, 
This due change should be recorded, 

Namel}^ should be "Z/e-man" "wnt^ 

^ow had come 'the separation 

■Ti\nxt the cripples and the sound, 
'l.Vixt the jo3^iul in salvation, 

And abject oh crutches found. 
Those set out for true Itfount Zion, 

With a bright and jo^'^ful hope. 
These still linger in the ruins, 

'Mid the dust and ashes grope. 

Yea the}' are so mad confounded, 

Aild unto their city's fame 
Are so blindly yet devoted, 

Tiiat amid the very iiame, 
TJiey do weary them witii building 

Structures that the ilames consume; 
And thc}^ close their eyes from seeing 

i'aleVs judgment and her doom. 
Jci 51 Gy. Hab.:-2 12, 13. 



rOKJIS CF «RACE AND Tr.UTH. 167^ 



Fallen! Fallen ! is the city, 

And an habitation, drear. 
Of each foul and hateful spirit. 

Yea of demons thronging there. 
Satyrs dance amid her revels. 

Doleful beasts, and birds unclean, 
Goats and imps, and fools and devils, 

Mixing up, combine the scene. 

All her priests divine ibr money, 

Cater to the pride and sin 
Of tlie carnal minded many. 

Whom their net hatli taken in. 
While the blind lead on the blinded, 

All deceived, deceiving all, 
ISatan smiles upon the business. 

Death and hell cast on the palL 

Here on her we drop the curtain, 

And shut out the od'ous scene. 
0, thou filtliy bloodj" harlot. 

Hell is straitened with thy sin. 
Farewell ail ye sordid cripples. 

Nay, how can we say farewell, 
"Fear, the pit, and snare, upon thee,"' 

Must attend thee down to hell. 
Jfr.i8.43. 



4y^ sc'iTL-cpjrPLE c:ty. 



But adieu, for "\ye must travel 

With the reinnant who return. 
Fleeing ironi the fall of babel, 

To the New Jerusalem. 
Hark! a noise like many v/aters! 

^is the captive's jubilee. 
like the voire of mighty t!ia:iders. 

Hallelujah! we are free! 

For, beiiold! with joyful wonder, 

Just out side the crumbling wall, 
■ Of that hold of craft and plunder, 

There the pilgrims iound withal, 
First a highway, then a higher, 

'■'•Oalled the way of Jioliness." 
.Here the God of love and power, 

Raised them up to rigiiteousness. 

Isa. 8o:S-:0. E:)L.2:6. 

.Here they ganiid eternal safety, 

From the prowling i.e.isls around. 
Lions, vultures, lieasts of raven, 

Never sh;iJl tliereo]! be found. 
•'But tliero A\'alk tlie holy people. 

'•Awl the ranso:i:e i r f t;)e J.ord 
Slu'ii reUii-i^ and come to Zion, 

O-A this li gh,v;.iv uj' Ills ^\■ori. 



^.rsv tlio host in jorfnl Ireeciom, 

Ai\d svveoL order move tijong. 
Fiikd M-iili ov^:'rl;l^^ln,I^ Pi'Ory, 

Souudiiii; loLui IJje vu'tor''s song. 
2senror, i«j:ii'er, to ^loinit Zioii! 

Sonxju', sighing Jlee a^vnv. 
Aivl tlie strains Ox (i.ii-iels iiarping 

F&ll upon LUt-in all iLe da}^ 

Here :ind nioro Hie light of lieaven 

l>rovc the slia-Jo^'.vs J'rom the day. 
Grac! :ind truth wore nch.]y given. 

All iilons; ths ^^hiniJig way. 
ITA Hm:; vuvq "beloved Ciiv,'" 

h^jrst in grandeur on oar sight^ 
TIuii" was hid in captive ages, 

Till the dawn oi evening light. 

IIa:lehvah ! Glor/ ; Giory!; 

We h:\ve found a sweet release i 

IVowi vlie strips and yokes oi' bahel, 

Pro]n her lords and gruif police. 
rVec Viii e-cid ro 11 ail coj)fusion: 

Kent the chains of servitude. 
Fi\i ■ : <:ee 1 1 O great sa. vaticn !, 

'iiiTough tiie biool, liie cleansing blood! 



ITO sorLcr.irrLE cnr. 



Saved from clamor sect and ism. 

From the mold of every creed. 
From the curse^ of strife and schism, 

Dead to all her mammon greed. . 
We defy the hold of devils, 

And despise her patent ru^es, 
Kot a terror in her councils, 

JNot a horn, npou her bulls. 

Kg Tobiaii in the temple, 

To defile the holy fane. 
And consume the meal oblations 

That unto the priests pertain. 
All his stuff's east out the chamber,' 

And the cleansing is complete. 
jS'o more wedding with Sanbatlat, "y 

JS^or can hell .again defeat. 
Nell. 13: 7— 13,20, 2±, 28. 

All the breaches in salvation, 

Eound about Jerusalem, 
Are closed up against the nations, 

'Gainst the ites of Babylon. 
Moabs, Arabs, Gog and Geshem. 4 

Egypt, Sodom, lioronites, \ 

Ha]f-l)red Ashdods, S;d>batli trader 

Canaanites and Ammonites. 
IT.li. C: 1,2. Hi: IC, 2:1, 2i. 



POE^ilS OP GTvACE AND •^'n.UTJI. ,, 111 



So the saints are free Iv^'Ver, 

From the fear of beast controls 
To the Kings beyond the river 

Pa}' no tribute, custom toil. 
Free from ibreign intervention, 

Circuit tax anci revenue, 
From Sanbailat's sect convention 

in the valley of •'(jno."' 

Free from conf 'rence n:; a c hi nations. 

From committee's roand of trash. 
From preambles, and discussions, 

From the speaker's carnal lash. 
Free irom making, and revising, 

Laws ibr Babel's stupid god. 
Free Irom voting, wire-pulling, 

"All a pompous empty fraud." 

Priest credentials — ^a deception 

Only needed by the quack, 
Void of Holy Spirit unction, 

Trusting in a musty stack . 
Of old sennons garb'ed and stolen—" 

And Soul-Cripple lesson leaves^ : 
All were bound and left consuming^ ' 

With her thorn and brier sheaves, 
^aliian 1. 10. 



173 SCUL-CrJPPI.E CITY, 



Is.ot a st®ne for a Ibiindation, 

Nor to lay a corner doWn, 
Did the ransomed carry with them,, 

From old fallen. Cripple town. 
For their "city hath foundations," 

And her builder God alone, 
Pure as Heaven, wlience descended^.; 

And returning to His throne. 

Bui who is this Holy City, 

As tiie moon so brig'ut and fair,- 
Looking forth in aii tlu? glory 

Ortiie morning ?-un so clear? 
Ah ! she is tlie Bj-ide of Jesus. 

His own Churcii, arrayed in white, 
Lo: His l:>eauty is upon her, 

And Himseli' ]\er crystal light. . 
Ca'nt. 0: 10. Rev. 21. . 

God is in her. halh'lujai'i I •' 

Ar.d sJie riever shall !);;;moved! 
Jesus (.'Jlnist is her foundaUon, 

And Jier rig! il iKyusness, M.p proved. 
AM iier luw is love; raid ireedom 

Is lic" bidniv, atjn v^phere. 
Far more sweet and blest tiian.Eden,, ' 

1- h-er valk with Jcsii.s Iri^ra. 



P0L-3IS CF GIIACK AND 'JIIUTII. 17'3 



All her music is CelGstial, 

Sang by angels round ilie lIirOD3, 
And then waited by tlie Spirit 

To this border-land of liome. 
All the ransomed sing together, 

In angelic harmony, 
By salvation made a unit, 

As in Heaven all agree. ' 

Kot a spnit of dissension. 

Nor discordant vcjice we hear. 
For no alien, ever entered, 

iS(Or can ever enter here. 
Christ the door, and His salvation 

Is tlie way to eater in. 
And thr.High Him tliere's no admissiQp, 

^\ ithout 1 -HAiiiz every sin. 

Jcsns is our Head aid Ealer. 

A:i.i I'js W'oj'.l oLii only guide. 
An I i i-; gentle Spidl: leader. 

1 e ou p KCG, a. constant tide, 
llowici in <v]v --ra quil bosom, 

Where is reared the mystic throne 
Of the Km. o j eace Jriierjiah 

\v iicre j..e uwcii s and reigris alojie. 



171 



SOTTL-CTvirrLE CITY. 



ferv^SJ'V3S?''^''=SS!P'^?^5S*^i'V^S'T^SS^V^iai 



O the glorious hope of Zion! 

O the riches of her grace ! 
Ever happy are the people 

Who abide in such a place. 
God is over all in Glory, 

And is through them great and smaB^ 
And He's in them by His Spirit. 

Jesus ! Jesus ! 1 All in all l 







MIS0ELLANEODS POEMS. 



wo a'FjE 3ijIE5. 



VWl^HREE years liave fiecl since billows wild^ 
I'^xMyh} ^vV'recked our domestic l.tarlc, 
^/^v#^''jA.]]d cjiilled your love for husband, child, 
^i^^3i>^~* Mid waters cold and dark. 

Hew woiiderlul the mystery^ 

Astonished, men exclaim, 
That hearts so knit iji unit}', 

Gould ever part in twaiJi. 



]Bnt "some of them that understand — 
In Daniel we are told 11: 35. 

Shall iail, alas ! in time ol end, 
Though while and tried as g;oldi. 



Sib JriZCKLLAVKCUS r^F.X?. 



Thus Vv'isdom speaks iti than'Ier toaes^ 

O oarth behold His sijrns ! 
The end is nigh, the Savior comes, 

How perilous the times I 

Our precious boy, so sweet and pure. 

Has iost. a mother's love : 
His little hes.vt could well endure, 
Were she but irone -above. 



One niothf^r onl.v nature gives. 
To every chiitl oi' earlh : 

But others now supply t'le place, 
Of ker that gave lum birth. 

O happy day if ever grace, 

Shall rncli: that heart oi tliine! 

That son may see within thy tac^ 
A niother's love, Divine. 



We suffered some adversities, 

A portion all must line!, 
Wlien couipassed round by dwoteeSt' 

\Vhose creeds we'd left ■behin** 



rCLJIi OF GRACK AXD Tr.UTIT. IT*?" 



When pressing to the hai'vest field, 

Of everlasting trutli. 
And just before the goldeii yield, 

Ahis ! you turned aloof. 

how I wisli liiat you could share 
In these ecstatic daA's : 

Enjoy tlie liglu, of God so pure, 
And lielp to :-iiig His ja-aise. 

My ?onl !iad longed for more of God, 

More glory iiilhec/oss ; 
But never dreamed that it must cpma^ 

Through such a bitter loss. 

1 cannot chide Tdis providence, 
But count it all Ihe best: 

For in each stoi'ni of violence 
I sirdv to svv'ceter rest. 



'T's good to loarr. in fwrjir'.ce flnme 
What Christ the Lord can do : 

Oble;s.^' ' '^'y'},inne[ 

lie ^.c'uLly Jei.i<.s mo iiirough. 



•178 MISCELLANEOUff'TOEMgi, 



Twns not a rival filled thine eyes, 
With colored fancies rare ; 

Bui satnn came in deep disguise, 
And \vrou<2;lit the dread aiFah'. 



Thus came the fiend in Eden fair, 
The woman's heart to win: 

"With charming words of wisdom rare, 
lie 3)lu.nged the world in sin. 



And so betrayed Delilah, to 

TJie Plniislines of old, 
Her luisband ; when >et feigning true, 

lli-s .secret did u nib Id. 



Agnin in hell the council sat, 
Ivenc^wed the ciu'serl ])lan, 

That Adam saw, and Samson met, 
To overthrow tiie num. 



And instrument adroitly used, 

A plot infernal, black, 
'To f|iiencli the burning present truth, 

^Vnd turn deliv'rance back. 



J>oiid rang a shout of hnhel joy, 
Supposing Trulli had died: 

But forth she came, witliout alloy. 
The bettor, being tried. 

We still are joined in Edents t)on3, 

or matrimony true : 
Wliile life endures yet indissolved, 

It binds my heart to you. 

^o court of'man, or satan's power 

Cnn disannul the tie : 
Though spirits rent, in evil hour, 

''One ilesl),"' are you and 1. 



"No lace so fair, no heart so warm, 

Upon this verdant sob 
Shall alienate with rival cliann 

The wiic received of God. 



So 1 will walk with Ood alone, 
And l>less His holy juune, 

Till lie sludl bring the alien home 
'i'o tUvell in love again. 



it^Q ^SliCELI.AXKOUS POTTo. 



In vision oi llie nig'lit I saw — 
And woke to joyi'ul praise — 

True nature j'eimprint her law. 
That ruled thy former days. 

"From nature's pure aJTeciions then 
Grace lead t(; love Divine. 

Tliep. Heaven's l/liss aloiie can bound 
Our mutual jo\'. sublime. 

God i;r;uit that (his may real prove 
Tlu'(nmli comin:;- years ol'linse. 

And in His shiuinir courts aLuvCj 
An endless crowji be thine. 



The hand of God alone can taT^e 
Tiie broken diords of love. 

And Iciiit (iiem in a iir.ion, sweet 
As love's pu]-e reign above. 

Here I will close my pi'esent rhyme^ 

r.ut over ]>ray for you. 
That Ciod m:iy i:ive you back ai.';uin, 

The lieart of woman 'ii'ue. 



POIOIS OF GKAcrr n^rcD TllUTII. 



l^t 



p'ar xtjfCiy ty'*cffi£SJi^ty 



Then touched by sweet seraphic strains. 
With all tlie Heav'nly thron.2" 

I'll shout aloud my Savior's praise. 
And sill"" another son''. 



V . u !rJ J\- 













m iQY mm sidi]ey 



If/^l^ HE heart tliat feels a fatlier's love, 
^\1 And swells with love's rsturn, 



l^^'l Will kindly bear this over 
|-^3^'2 Toward my only sou. ■ 



How, 



Yes, Sidnej^'s love so blent v-'itli mine, 

A poem shall employ . 
A token left to coming tira'd, 

That lather loved his boy. 



One geiit'e vine, thy tendrils sweet, 
Around m,v soul entwine. 

A comlb.'t lelt in sorrows deep, 
One licart to beat wiUi mine. 



POEMS OF GRACE AND TRUTH. IS' 



l«i??r 



ap^iyiSSSSS^V 



Thy life lias dawned in peril's d:iy, 
]\Iid wars that Heaven shake ; 

Thy summers five, eventl'ul, they 
Like sm"ges o'er thee break. 

Tliy little soul has felt the^^ock, 

Of burning babel's fall; 
AVlien hell recoiled in fury black, 

And stood ia dread a^^inall. 

But wreaking out his vemreani"'^ -o-t-^ 

Like ocean's terror dark; 
Hell's monster came atliwart the low 

Of our domestic bark. 



Thy guardian angel v/ept to see 
This brunt of fury sweep 

The girdiugs of maternity 
From underneath thy feet. 

But pity still lier garlafids weav^ 
Around thy gentle brow; 

And angels on tliee softly breathe 
Their benedictions now. 



J,S-1 IIISCELLAXEOT-'S POLJIS.* 



^ (m ^p ^J <im^'i> ^ 1 Him^ ' y ' ^ ' ii 



Tliey soothe and blffss tliy manly heart, 

And wipe away, thy tears. 
So tempered to thy bitter lot, 

The bitter sweet appears. 

An e3;iie now is each to each; ■ 

As banislied far at sea, 
A martyr on Ids island beach, 

I daily think ol' thee. 



And stronger Jove has seldom spanned 
Thcmocking bil-ows, wild, 

Tiinu arc the chor.h^ that ever bind 
T<! juv beloved child. 



Thotigh siindered not by angry mjiin, 
(J« nii)c;]ed j'roni thine embrace ; 

\\V lief ;.hv(i:ui in Jfsns' name, 
"Co |)i:biis!i Iio;iveirs :n•l\.ci^. 

Thy litt'e heart cannot 'h'-.'ij^.e. 

Why pappa stays away. 
.But cumnig years will tell — if thine— 

Tlie great necessity. 



rOK?,iS OF CTiACE AND TKUTII. 1S5 

Wlien sickness crushecl lliy little forroi 

I knew my boy was ill; 
I heard thee in my visions call, 

But diit}'- kept mc still. 

A trial deep, to feel tliy pain, 

And yet debarred from tliee, 
^^o sliow tliat sinners lost, were ir 

A j^reater misery. 

O may this lesson speak to tlice, 

Wlien fathers Avoi'k is done; 
And higliest ]nay t!iy a;lory be, 

A soul for God is won. 

And now my son, attentive hear, 

My benediction prayer. 
And ever tune th}' lieart and ear, 

To Heaven's music, rare. > 

For ere the liglit of day had shone, 

In thy unfolding eyes; 
Vve gave thee tip to God alone, 

A living sacrilic6. 



And oil, repeated wnen aSiDabe, 
To God our child was giv'n; 

And Jesus heard the vow we made, 
And wrote it down in Heav'n. 

So like a little Samuel, von 
]\]ust ansAver, "Here am 1.* 

Give all your lieart to Jesus too> 
For Him to live and die, 

Li''^ Snmuel, serve the living God, 
His temple Ije lliy lionie, 

In love oljey His holy AVord: 
Thy gentle heart His throne. 

The Lord is good, my darling boy, 
He touched thy body well, . 

And He will bless thee ever more,' 
If in His love you dwell. 

A new edition may you be, 
or lather's love and zeal, 

But enlarged so wondrously ; .• 

That earth thy tread may feeL 



I® i^^MSW^M^j&r'^^^^^tL^ 



i^'te-^,^ 



'^^^>^ 



j:^:aAi;Y ]tt, 1500. 



\-^v1 



-^m^ XOTIIKTJ year has come and gone. 
^^^t^^^ 80 swill !y Jlows unceasing time. 
i'W^":^!>Ji Forever on and on and on, 
/(#'^„V"-4!i3' "WilJi sorrow's groan and mcrrv cL:me 

'K^si^i Conimiimled in ils surging li(](\ 



%S^ 



'rin\c ijear.s along upon its lino 1 
Poor iiuniau wrecks, by sin dcslroyed. 
Yet. o'er its stream the lian 1 oi' ( »o ! 
JStill bends His bow of ho;)e lJ!\if 
Its hues of love in beauty siiin^. 

Anotljer year of hope and fear 

Has swept around its dial ])h\te, 
And with it tJiousands disappear 

To higher bliss or awful fate. 
God grunt to us who yet survive 

A heart of fervent gratitude, 
And grace lisat A\e jinay wholl.y livo 

To glorify tlie Source of .Good. 

Then should tins be our final year 
We'll sink to rest williout a fear. 



SIISCKLLAyEOrS rCETJS. 



Another j^ear hatli brought its store, 

111 rich profusion at our feet, 
That we should Iieart and soul adore 

Our Maker's love so hroad and deep. 
And liavo you east your bread upon 

The waters of tiie passiui;- year, 
In liope that Aviiat your hands have done. 

Will in mac'lifu.t lire jiood appear? 
Then as thy faith so shall it be, 
In coniiug days thine eyes shall see. 

Another year, how vras it spent ? 

Leaf back its record no v/, and see. 
Have from thy lite such virtues went, 

That, blessing others, back on thee 
Hebounded in a ricli reward ? 

Or hath the yc:.\r roiled o'er tlu'' head. 
With no oblation to its Lord ? 

Then thy own soul tliou liast not i'ed, 
And Christ the Judge will say to tliee 
From men withheid, thou liast from n3€u 

Anotlier year ! IIov/ many more 
Will pass till all the ficeting Iraia 

Shall disappear upon the shore 
Of retrospection's endless plaiji,^ 

Behold the past with signals jievr. 



rOE2IS OF GRACE AY.I) TllUTIi. ISO 



lias riisLed along before our eyes, 
Presaging that but veiy few 

Shall lollcw 'till, in dread surprise, 
This A^ orld shall see the woelul end, 
. And all the sons of God ascend 

Another year of solemn space 

Leaps forth irom vast futurety, 
And, winter- girded, starts his race 

Back into past eternity. 
Old 1in:e cnce strictly measured off. 

And wrapped around this earthen ball — 
Sot Heaven's plan just long enough — 

Unwinding tast will soon be alb 

As earth revolves each day and year, 
Tiie end of time is drawing near. 

Another year begins to-day, 

What solemn destinies arc hid 
Within its iolds we can't foresee, 

As on its margin ground we tread. 
If from its lap some bitter drop, 

O give us gi-ace to make it sweet. 
And bless the bard that hokls the cup, 

And makes all things together meet, 
For good to tliem who love Bis name, 
i\i.d move upon Uis holy plane. 



MISnilXANKOUS POKMS 



J\noiher ycr.r .• arni witji it ccmcs 

A call for Yfiliant heai-ted men. 
All panoplied m rieav"nly arms, 

The tide of sin and hell to stem. 
Devoted hearts to God and truth, 

AVho dare unslieatli and use the s\70i'(l 
Of sin-destroying love, forsooth. 

"Win back the humble to the Loi-<l, 

And show through grace and cleansing blooc 
Tiow saints made perfect walk "with God-. 

Another year, and wJio will be 

A hero on its heaving breast? 
I^'ili all its moments as they ilce 

With deeds in sacred virtue blcr.t; 
And so rear up a monument, 

More la&tihg th?n the pyrr.mids'^ 
Xea than the starry firmament. 

True wisdom always highest tids. 
For trophies of immortal good. 
That age-unending honor God. 

Another year has now set in! 

O who will take it by the hand, 
A new and upward race begin. 

And lea\o your folly all behind ? 
How many years you've thrown away, 



lv-,r:M? Ol' Gil AC If A.\r rxiuTii. 



!0I 



Spent careless "as a tale that's told." 
Awake to liie's great end to-day, 
And turn thy remnant days to gold. 

O he a victor in the strife. 

And Avin a starry crown of Jife. 





^^0&0^g^s^^^ 



1SS7 

IME, bearing all to endless fate, 

Has brought again the New Yeai'''s chimo 
And entered on her dial-plate. 

Another year of passing time. 



The old, ^vitll snowy crest came in, 
And bound the earth in icy pall ; 

Till came the sweet and welcome spring. 
With nature's resurrection call. 



The streams released from winter's chains, 
Kow sparkle as they roll along, 

And universal natm-e sings. 

Her praise to God in merry song. 



JOK.MS OF GIIACE ANJ) TP.UTll. 193 

Then Summer, dressed in verdant gi'een, 
And jeweled rich with waving gold; 

Cam3 on to cheer the heart of man 
With Heaven's blessings, manifold. 

Then Autumn bears its fruitage home, 

In rich and varied bountiness. 
O earlh behold, and grateful own, 

GoJ-s kind and blessed providence! 

But gTeater far the gloriuos yield, 
Of Heaven's pure and saving Word, 

Through all the Gospel liarvei-t fold, 

Some precious souls have found the Lord, 

O praise the Lord I for one more year, 
Of Father's wondrous keeping power. 

How sweet to walk with Jesus liere, 
Filled with the peace ol" Gcd each hour. 

Like the majestic river's flow, 

Time ever bears our lile away; 
May all our momciits here below, 

Adcin our erov.n in endless dc'j. 



ir)4 



:.::^o::LL.\xsors roz:.:3. 



With uplift liand, on sea and shore, 
That awful Angel will appear. 

And. swear that time shall be no more,. 
And this may be the very year. 







^■;- LiijES, •:•<. 



AT TIT'E GLOSE OF 1BS4- 



C^C NOTHER 3'ear of heayen's care, 
^4^Anot)ier year of blessings rare, 

Have lied, and shall return no niore, 
Save all its record, gone before. 



In all the voyage yeai's I've passed, 
Kone rocked Aviih Inllows like the last. 
Against my soul all licll engaged, 
Init Jesus calmed eacli storm tliat ra';cd. 



Each surging vrave o'satan's ire, 
Each furnace flame of t:^&ting Are, 
Has proved a blessing in disguise, 
And helped my soul in Go:l to rise. 



I19>3 irriF CE1.LANE0US voi^ni 



Tliougli tender cliords liave 'snapjpecT in twain, 
!Eacli bitter loss has proved a nmii. 
i O wondrous grace ! O love Divine ! 
That sweetens all our years of time 1 

The years may come, the years may go. 
And wiLli them bear this life below. 
My last shall end in heaven's day, 
Where all OTir tears are wiped away. 








iR inward fe8liii?:s testifj, 
'With Revelation from on high, 
tf.i^to^Vrhat in tliis tenement of chiy 
ri^^l-o)^^ Dwells something;- that must live for aye. 



4^<r That on this brief expiring breath, 

j^-'^ Which metes our course from birth to deatl' 

Hang matters of infinite weight; 

Yea, even our eternal fate. 

That bliss or woe in worlds unknown. 

Must take their choice from tin's alone. 

Life's game must win a crown of light, 

Or barter all to endless night. 

O awful, vast Eterihty I 
Where comes no change of destiny 
Save that progression ever more, — 
Tln-ough which the soul must higher soar^ 
And greater bliss and glory linow, 
Or progress down to deeper woe— 



I9S JMlSCEfLAXEOUS I'OKIS. 



^V/lnch is a law in every soul. 

Worlds and sans may cease to roll, 
-AH the stars that tread the sky, 

'Hay complete their course and die, 

3ut ne'er shalt thou fill up thy age. 

^iid I, some^Yhere upon thy stage, 
,'Must move along upon th;"3 line 

Mv will elected here in time. 



What we have sown in life's career, 
"With all its fruits, '\vill yet appear. 
And reap we must, although the yield 
Be death itself, tlie cursed held 
•Of thorns and tares we can't disown, 
Before the Ju;lge upon the Throne. 
If to good or bad our sowing tend, 
'The harvest ne'er shall have an end. 
Thougii pain and grief be all the crop, 
And black despaii; tJio bitter cup, 
Uiion once Tue r.onnds of lime ;u*e past. 
The doom is s^^alv d, !lie die is c;■!s^. 



O Lord lielp me to count tiio coc 
Of time, — a siiigle monien.t, — lost. 
-A slitcli ill life ■;) forever dropped, 



TOKsis OF GiiAci': a::,o t:;utji. 199 



An opportunity has slipp2d, 

An<i empty j2;one into the ])ast, 

Nor on one lx)so:n even cast 

One c.erit!e sweet beatitude. 

O tliea eng-age my time dear God 1 

Give ligiit and Avisdoin to reveal 

Thy v,''i!l, and grace my lieart to seal. 

All sacred unto t'lee alone ; 

That I vaiw Avitness'at tliy tln'one, 

'To all assembled worlds above, 

The wonders -'U' redeeming love. 




IJJITU^l'S 1)E¥0^I0I2. 





jE rose tliis Ciiristian Sabbath morn 
, i And bowed the knee to Heaven's throne 
„„,.„'/And Avorshiped Him -whose love had won, 
^4^t:5| And cliaiiged this heart that once was 
stone. 
His goodness passed before our eyes, 

And moved a flood of gratitude. 
We wept, overcome by great surprise, 
That human hearts irreverence God. 

Then we arose drew up ihe bliiul. 

And welcomed in the morning rays. 
And looking Ibrth far o'er the land 

Love beamed in all that met our gaze. 
Lo ! God beneath His feet had spread 

A carpet new and soft and wiiite. 
So pure ! O God ! can men here irecd. 

And yet be filthy in thy si-I.t s! 



i'oi-:.M,3 OF gi;aci; and Tiu^xii. 



20i 



Ye eartlily forms ! can ye flesorve, 

Or claim your a^vl'!ll .Malscr's care 
li o-er this snowy ileece yc drive. 

Or (rend upon its l;osoui fair, 
And catcli no senr.oji irom its flakes 

I',e])roving nil lliy sins belov/ 
The cJonds, v\"htre Cod Ihy jMnkcr makes, 

Arid scnllcrs c(j\vn the lovely sixow? ' 

Ercli fiake in spra-lfiinp; purity. 

Uosccndiu!; iicni al ove, 
As God's ndorini; mes^^en^i'er. 

Brinies silent whispers of Uis love. 
All wove togeiher svreetly form 

A irlitteriug- robe of crystal bright; 
To sliow how grare our soi'.ls adorn 

hi Heaven's ^'arb of suollcss v/iiite. 



T]n:is nature l:ath a licart to ];raise 

The one tliat gave her voice. 
Tlje 3icon 1 y night, the Orient Ihize. 

And all the stars rejoice. 
They seem to glow in ccstacy, 

As if their myriad twinkling eVes 
The glorious thi'one of Heaven see 

High tip beyond their vaulted skies. 



-03 HL'CCELLAXcouR pol:,:3. 

The occnn sends to hcav'n lier spray, 

Heaves l-« r mojesiic Losom liigL, 
And sings lier swcliiiiir awi'ul lay, 

Or sol'; ens to a vesper sigh. 
Mirrors tlie host of heaven deep 

In lier Creator's loving; hnnd. 
Her rushing Liilovs ever ];eep 

The loujidry li::ed by God"s conimand. 

The rivers cwjI the little lilis ' 

Sing s^veet their pip.ists ;:dl nlcng. 
While forests and the lofty hills 

In echo, join the happy song. 
The restless winds chant through the trcca 

The birds are full of fervent ]")raise, 
Witli lijier tones tlie liumniing bees 

Chime in tlie liniversal lays. 

The clouds r.rise like -wings of prayer, 

hi grateful A^orship dro]) their tears, 
"i'he tields tlieir varied fruitage bear 

To God, ■whose goodness crowns the years. 
The dew-drops sparkle in tlie smife 

Of morn, and llowers freely' pour 
TliM^ir fragrant incense from each cell. 

I'o .Him all nature dotli adore. 



roSMG Oi<' GRACE AND Tr.VTIf. 



Yes iiature seems to be attrinecl 

To celebrate her Maker's praise, 
]\ian, one exception, liatli presumed 

Irreverent]}' to spend Lis days. 
"Wliile nature sings in h.arniony, 

And blesses Heaven's sacred plan, 
All thijigs in lleav'n and earliu and sea 

Must shc.me the prriycrkss Lcait of mas 




'«^ 







^l^E PU^E EI{IDE I{ESTO^ED. 




HEEP] cnme a time when llic angels wepi 
And the heavens sighed with pain : 
Aw^lii^fj1'^"'G throne of white Avore a sable hue; 

f^25^4 ]7or the Lord afresh was slain. 
'Twas when, alas! to the crafty Avorld^ 
^ Turned the virgin Church aside, 

And wedlock broke with the Son of Goc!, 
By whom washed, a sj)otless Bride 



Away from God to sects of the world 

Then forth to the dance and feast, 
All decked in pride, an apostate vile, 

Far and wide her sin increased. 
No more was she the bride of the Lord, 

Though she wore His name, Divine. 
B}'' the means of which she hath deceived, 

All the nations with her wine. 



rf-yJlS 0? GRAO, AND TliUTir. 'iOj 



r!epoi\t, O eaptive ' agatli return, 

'i'o the Husband of thy youth : 
Or feel the woes of a jealous God, 

Vv'ith a flaming s>\ord of trulli, 
Gmite down His ibe.'^, and redeem His Churcii, 

From the rivals of His Son. 
O awful day of His burning wratli ! 

'I hrougli the earth His judgments run. 

Uis angels fly in the midst of Heav'n, 

With a startling fierce command, 
"Fear God. To Kim be thy Avorsliip given. 

For His judgments are at hand." 
*\His mighty ones," all the '■'sanctified," 

'•For His anger He hath called." 
The pure alone can the day abide, 

While the wicked flee, appall e(L 

All heaven is moved, and the earth is riven 

13y the burning of God's ire. 
The dragon's host from the Churcli is driven, 

Neath the hail-storm, blood and lire. 
Aiiain appears the Bride of the Loid. 

Fttre and spotless through His bJo(Xi : 
A loud voice sliouts, ^'salvation is coKi^, 

And the kingdom of our God." 



0:7 THE FLY LEAF OF A TESTAJIDT^T. 

:^)i AKE nov/ this volume true, 
^^JlSj My cliild, and lei its -low 
^^^^|.!JLii2;ht fill thy jJathway tliroui!,h. 
(^^=^^^ il^ ill its counsel grow. 

Dear Son this Boo!i revere, 
Its truth thy lieart instore. 
So peace shall crown tliec hero. 
And life forever ijiora. 



Its leaves witli food aLonnd 
For youth and coming years- 

In every grief is found 
Some word to dry tliy tears. 

It te,''s tliec !iOW to spend 
Thy life so pure and good. 

That angels oV-r thee l)end, 
A]:d IcaJ ihf.'O home to CJoil. 



G^}I3?EBUL l^EIQEniBIt^I^IClf. 



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ei^jHILE birth-day presents gladden 
^ % The object of our love 
i^ There should a warm affection. 
[ Toward another move. 

AVhat could more honor justice, 
Requite maternal throes, 

Than on our darling's birth-day, 
We drop a fragrant rose 

Upon his mother's bosom, 
The instruiilent divine. 

Through whom that gift of Heaven 
Toth sw:etly round us twine. 



30S ^feCEM.ANLMI'S I'OTOIS 



So oa this 1 natal morning, , 

Wiiile Jrom our bosoms flow, 
Love-tokens on our darling, 

'"J'is meet that we bestow 
8ome signal of affection 

Where lc:ig forgotlen pain, 
Adorned our liabitation, 

With gem of richest gain. 

Cod bless dear Sidney's mother! 

Thank Heaven tor this day! 
That calls upon a father. 

His debt of love to da}'^. 

A debt all means surpassing;, 
A claim Ave ne'er can lift, 

So with our greatful blessing, 
Accept this simple gift. 




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P1I?ES 7IIJD T^E^ES^. 



ame 



T'^M^X wo hands on earth are: joined, 
ilmf|i;".i « Two hearts by Heaven's fian 
'■^^b'j Into one jeAvel coined, 
^-^si Are now no longer twain. 

^ A thonsand miles apart, 

Two streams ofliie arose^j 

P^.ach llowing toward a point, 

JSow meet in love's repose. 



The hand of providence 

Marked out each channel well, 
Approaching east and west, 

Till tAvain one current swell. 



-210 M:SCBtXANEOUS TOEMS. 

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Two tribntaries meet, 

And gently coalesce, 
Both lost in one complete; 

May God this union bles?' 

Great peace forever flow. 

Within this channel deep, 
And on its mirror chow 

Love's angels pure and sweet. 

Along your verdant hanks 
May flowers ever biccm, 

And all ymu" life be thanks. 
An endless honey-moon. 

'^\e waters rippling move 

Pour music in your ears, 
And may ^'li^ song be love. 
All througn your hajDpy 3'eaT-s. 

3Tay kmdncss be j^our star, 

And hope stand high and clear, 
And not one fam'ly jar 
Wring out a bitter tear. 



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Dear James and Theresa now 
We wish YOU joy hideed : 

Ivind Ileaven bless your vow, 
And ill! your jpiiriiey speed. 

O may your ^^'^ddM life 
A ii'ee of virtufe prove : 

A liolv man and wife, 

IVill nierit Heaven's love. 



O let no selfish aim 

Intrude npon your bliss. 

That life is only gain, 

Th' "^ seek all men to blesSi 




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EEgT 3]]D PEIiHE 



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!^^^&^-^^ bless tl^e providence Divine. 
^W^^i(^ That placed, so warm and true, 
Mj^crc^jf^DQiir I^ellie's heart and hand in thine- 
^^^^M Dear Bert, to comlbrt you. 

God bless the pure and gentle bride. 

AYith Heaven's richest grace ! 
O Jesus in her heart conlide 

Thy everlasling peace. 



The hand of God still closer knit. 

Tlie twain in blissful one. 
And on their brow a miter set — 

Love's bright and jeweled crown — 



1 oKj;t) OF GiiACi; Air.) -nii'xU. 



213 



God l)l3ss the pair in wedlock sweet 
With long and happy years, 

-Let angels oft tlieir dwellinc; irreet. 
And drive away tlieir cares. 

May Heaven crown this golden bond, 
With blessings ricli and rare ; 

And Kindness weave her tendrils round 
Tlieir paradise so fair. 







GELIyl ^l/D 11301)%. 



^^ ELIA and Rhoda, sisters both, 
^VjDOf the HeaYenly Spirit's birtli, 
Esteemed in heaven of boundless Avor(h! 



Aii consecrated to tlieir God, 
Made wiiite as snow in Jesus' blood, 
Are A'erv Ijiis'.' ibr tlie Lord. : 



Eiidu€.'d Avitii A'-jsdom very rare, 
Til Oi'Iice, Ivitelien, liero nnd there — 
Their road ,• Ii'iiius are ever-.' rr1ici\i- 



With unperj)le>:ed, iu>:tla<;llve s'.vl'.' 
Frame little birds, their, doijucile. 
So thesCj their varied duties illL 



roE:MS OF cr.ACE a^'d teuth. 2L 



A.S gentle as the devvs of Iloav'n, 
&LS silent as the mystic leav'n, 
riiey to their dai>/ work are givii. 

A.11 linshed but time's slow, measured tickv 
And preaching type's more rapid clici-:^ 
As dropping last within the stick. 

Their fnigers fly all o'er the case, 
Vv'itli the mu:iician's ntniost grace, 
And keep with c^uickest time apace^ 

Yea, even qnite outspeeding time, 

Swiit as by mogic wiieel in lino 

TJie type, their telling v/ords combine 

Soon line on line to columns grow, 
Then round tiie world their Yoi(.'es go, 
And set ten tliousand hearts a2;low. 



From east to west, froTn sea to sea. 
Their labors set poor captives free. 
And raise the shout of victorv. 



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So deep botrothe'd to Heaven's plan, 
And fully married to llio L-Ailib, 
Jn vain the i;loatij\t;- glance of man. 

lDi.»i»ying earth's fantaslic'lure, 

Tiieirlife a benediction [)!ii"e, 

3 hcir stany ck-v.jjg in llcav'ii arc sure. 




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JI' n-miOTl 112 C!{3FK. 




^4 HE world is all in moiirnins: batlieSL 

"~S^ • ... 

'3 For a nation's Chief"'- lias died. 

ji<^^Him all due tribute we would give 

4 But all glory tli' Ciucified. 



"Why this pompous cortego and sliow 
O'er a' lifeless bit of clay, 
While in this world of sin and woe 
Olmst is crucified each day ? 



And why all this sombre and gloom, 
For one man, s^id to be saved, 

While throngs, lost, arc going to doom. 
Twice dead in sin and depraved. 



U8 ^iiscDr.LAXEOus poe:,:s. 



Eight, ten or twenty miles or more 
Of crape our city o'er spread, 

Bat do not cover half the doors — 
Charnels of the livi^'g dea.d- 

O'er vile saloons,, and devil's dens, 
Sable trappings too appear; 

Suggesting death who sways within. 
Legal murder all the yeay. 

Tlie Nation's blood is all inflaraed 
At the felon's wicked crilne ; 

But think not of our noble slain. 
By the curse of beer and wine, 

If one WITHOUT a ltcexse kill, 

His death must the crime retrieve; 

But poison venders may at will, 
Glutton hcilj and earth bereave. 

Oh K'ation! then repent thy sin, 

Lest greater strokes God may send; 

Cease to empower agents to kill 
Those we are bound to defend. ' 



POEJIS OF GUACE AXD TRUTH. 



219 



Uli'jj|ii«MiaLi]iiiji ^ijiij|i,iu u m— 'Ji-ijiy mLi\J!..L»wjma!<!m^^ 



Peace, peace now to the honored dead, 

Grace be to the friends behind ; 
The blood the dear assassihed shed 

All the Nation's heart shall bind. 



But the deihise more fr-iiltrul strj, 
Is soul autopsy, by the Word : 

To die to sin, and lie in state, 
Filled with all the life of God. 





oi[i{ BOi(Enpr^. 




HERE'S Brother John, for common JBert, 
So i'aithlul at his post — 
>m His pen in motion, quite expert, 
His shout a thund-rinc; host. 



At keeping book and paying bill 
Oft asking God for means — ■ 
He keeps the business moving well, 
In sj3ite of hellish fiends. 



Though often tried by wicked pow'rs, 
With sore temptation pressed ; 

Yet trusting God each testing hour, 
He seea^s to come out best. 



lOEA.S OF GRACE AND TllUTlI. 



221 



Around his head a daily throngs- • 
Like swarms of little bees — 

His num'rons duties thickly come, 
For hands, and ieei, and knees. 

Like doves returning to tlieir homo. 
From the four winds of Henv'n, 

The daily flock of letters come. 
And each attention giv"n. 

The form, the press, and engin'^ too, 
His lengthy arms control. 

May Jesus bless his labors true, 
And glory crown his soul. , 




♦••;• wim, 



OIT TnE MAEEIAGE OF A MK. nOPE. 



■!f;T appeared that Mr. Hope, 

j(^Entertainecl the pleasing hope, 
That some hopeless one among the fair, 
Was seeking hope from life's despair, 
And was pleased with Hope to share, 
The cheerful name of Hope to Avear. 

And so good Hope Avent smiling round, 
Till the object of his hope Avas found. 
Then sitting by the fair one's side, 
Hope beamed Avith prospects of a bride 
The question asked, the prompt decision 
Turned hopeful's Hope to full fruition. 
And so it happened very soon, 
The leau of hope became a groom. 
Then hopeless changed to hope by name, 
And two Hopes but one Hope became. 
Their bf rk now launched on the stream of hope. 
May all the blessings hope bespoke. 
Their A'oyage croAV.n a;long the Avay 
Of Hope's unclouded blisSfpl day. 
And may their happy little bark afford, 
fi. lively creAV of sicnny Hopes aboard ; 
And when to anchor in the harbor driven, 
May all their hopes be realized in HeaA'^en. 



^ LIIJES, •<• 



AT THE CLOSE OF AN AIITICLE JtEPKOVlJs'a SOME SECTIStt 
IDOLATRY. 

"^^OUR craft best thrives 

^^ Where virtue dies, 

!Bj festives nude, 

And frolics lewd. 

By games of chance, 

And pious (?) dance, 

Ob^nining pelf, 

By b"es and stealth 

Bv jockey joles, 

And sale of souls. 

By taking in 

The secret sin, 

Your sect may swell. 

And prosper well ; 

And keep apace 

In BabePs race. 

Of ri-val-ry. 

And jeal-ous-y. 

TiUlightnings tlasli 

Tlie coming crash, 

Of Heaven's ire, 

"in flaming fire," 

And ruin smite, 

'J lie works of n'glit. 

And hell possess 

'^'our "Cliurchliness." 



AUTOGRAPHS 



TO SAIMI'EL AND i\MANDA. 

AY yonr lives flow on together 

Like two streamlets merged in one 
Singing, sx^arkling, bright forever,, 

In the light of Heaven's Sun. 
God its source, and richly blessing, 

Whereso e'er its channel be, 
Twice ten thousand hearts ref resiling. 

Each to gem a crown for, thee. 



Dear child of grace ! strong ties attract thy soul abova 
So let thy heart, by love Divine, be ever sealed. 

And all thj^ life a rich re wai-d and blessing prove, 
When in His glory Christ shall be revealed. 



roc:\is OF gi^ace and Ti;urii. 



May all your life co-htribute to 
The store of human bliss, , 

And doing good rebound on you / 
The joys of righteousness) 



As on these leaves oi amber white 
• We trace some lines of love,. 
So life's a volume dark or briglit, 
All writteji d' wn above. 

150 let ih}'' heart and will agree 
To furnish Ileavenv.s^roll, 

With 01 Jy thoughts of vnriiy 
That will leward'iJiv '^oul. 



Life is a volume Ave inust fill, 

Be it large or small; 
For there are traced each act wo wil' 

If good or bad tliey fall. 



Thy book of life is just begun, 
Each moment adds a line. 

In virtue may the recorcd run. 
And crown thy end of time. 



tSaO iJHSCJiLLANEOUS POEMSk 

Each day turns o'er anothor page, 
'Till life's brief sketch is done. 

May all be valiant on this stage, 
'Till God will say, '"Come home.'* 



Give all your youth, and coming days 
To God in truth, and pious vi^ays, 
'Then life will glow, with peace and love 
While here below, and homed above. 






THE CETOASBS OF MU, 

PART I. 
TIIE PALL OF 3IAX ' 

HE stars that sang craation-s birth, 

When wisdom laid her corner-stone. 
And all the sons of God, for joy, 

That shouted loud froni Heaven's domej 
Beheld with solemn painful look, 

The brunt of satan's deep devise. 
"When hell, and sin tliis planet shpok. " 

Andmoved it out of paradise. 

The workmanship of God so pure. 

Suburb of Heaven's City fail'. 
This earth once bloomed an Eden liQn)e, 

In gentle Paradistic air. 
Her lord was made in image true, 

Of Hini, the holy Lord of all. 
Oft heard the happy family, 

Tlie steps, of God, their I'^ather's call. , 



" THE CrjTSADES OF IlIiLL. 

But struck by sin's infernal blast, 

Anlillion miles now intervene, 
-Between this world, in ruin lost. 

And it's primordial lolty scene. 
Distorted, it's polarity,. 

A horoscope, conceived in siii, 
£art!i sank to hell's environment, 

'i'here whirled mid black confusion's din. 

All wickedness in every thought, 'Gen. 6: 5, 

And bent to sin and vice alone. 
"Tow'rd (Jod, his Maker indevoiit. 

To every menial idol prone, 
liemorseful now his loss to know, 

Consumed in lust of base desire, 
yile man still plunged in deeper Avoe; 

Of hell his pirssions set on fire. 

I^cliolding thus the race corrupt, 

Repented God that man had made. 
And after duly warning all, 

Jehovah's wrath no longer staid. 
Forth brake the flood, the billows n^eit, 

Submerging earth — worse 'gnhied in sin — 
Like mill-stone cast in ocean de^p, 

Save Noah's ark, and those within. 



1:'Cm^:WS CF GIIACK AS\J Til'JTiI. 



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-Swept clean the eartli hc-r Sabbatii's kftpl, 

No tongue proianed it's ]\rakei-'s iiam'". 
But with* (he growth of Noah's si-ed. 

6iu niised its hj'dra form again.. 
Then from IMount .Sinai's Lurning lop 

God thundered forth a rigid code. 
The Violence of man to cJieclc, 

Till came that '^Seed,"' the Son of God 



^ k%W> 




mn CHUSiDiB OF HELL. 

PART II. 
VHE BLOODY POLICY OF THE FIRST ClRUSADE. 



Four hundred years had slowly passed a^vay. 
Since dropped the curtain of prophetic day ; 
Since Mala' closed that bold and faithful line 
O seers who thundered burning truth Divine. 
Oft rising early, importuning men, 
Jeliovah spake through prophet's vivid ken. 
Now hushed each lip that glowed by Heaven's spari 
Ail men sat waiting, musing in the dark. 

But even silence spake in solemn tone, 

And darkness brooded hopes of David's tlii'one, 

And daily glowed the sacrificial lire, 

Where flowed the typic blood of God's Messiah. 

There waited Phanuel's daughter night and day, 

The Savior's coming earnestly to pray, 

"'Till witnessed, in the temple Simion's eye, 

The consolation promised ere he die. 



POEJIS OF GRACE ^xVL) TRUTH. 231- 



No sooner daAvned. tliie Daj^sjDring's golden age^ 
Than moved the fiends of hell uilli livid rage. 
Well knowing satan, Heaven's Kingdom is 
That mystic stone that would demolish his. 
Thus doomed the kingdom devils arrogate, 
As came the "blessed only Potentate" 
To break in pieces every rival tlirone, 
iind reign eternal King of Ivings alone. 

Llell's fur'ous envy souglit, as eager prey, 

The tender plant of human hope, to slay. 

^ kingly heart his jealousy inwrought, 

.^Lud restless fears his throne should come to naughty 

Then vainly filled with diabolic plan, 

The murder of the infant Son of Man. 

Through Pcilestine the bloody edict runs, 

Luflicting death on Rachel's fondling sons. 

^t Jordan's stream the bridal servant stood,. 
And pointed out the blessed Lamb of God. 
And, merging from His deep symbolic graven 
The Spirit came, in body shape a dove. 
Then summoned in the dreary wilderness, 
Long fasting, hunger-smit in deep distress 
The Savior met in conflict Heaven's foe, 
Repulsing him v>'ith honor's sfuiin' g blow.. 



TOE CHI'S ADLS OF II TL!. 



I Unmoved ,tlie Son of Go:l, by satan's wiles, 
D^ercomingin tli3 hour of deepest trials^; 
riie fiend recoiled,^ cliagnned at his defeat, . 
-His legions calljed, in pandimony meet. 
To whom discoursed their King, Avith fallen mein. 
Of his reverse, while groanings intervene. 
His lords responded, each his plot to show, 
Emanuel's Ivingdom best to overthrow. 

Each harangue stirred the animos of hell, 
To hissings, groans, and din of fiendish yell. 
Then to infernal counsel cooled again, 
All clamored that the Prince of Peace be slain. 
"To black His name with vilest infamy, 
Hell chose to naif Him to the cursed tree. 
Meantime let^ eyry ]yu\g, tongue employ, 
HLs character to .tarnish and destroy. 

'Twas done, for so had Heaven pre-ordained, 
To perfect Him by suffTing ei-e He reigned. 
ISo bowe^lthe Son of God His head and died, 
The Just, for sinners lost, was crucified. 
But death and hell, defeated as before, 
Unbared the risen Christ their prison door. 
So rose the Prince of Life from death's domain, 
To break from man the monster's vassal chain. 



23i TUE CRUSADKS OF llELL. 



So trod the wine-press Heaven's lowly Lamb, 
And wrought redemption for the race of man. 
While sitting neath sin's dark and gloomy night, 
■■ There shown on men the dawn of Heaven's lighjL 
And Zion fair, by prophets oft foretold, 
Appeared on earth, God's Church of purest gold. 
Up to her summit many nations flow, 
And in her light their joyful spirits glow. 

But will the fiend, earth's usuTpfttion lord,' 
Leave, undisturbed, this paradise restored ? 
!Eei)elled by Christ the Living Head of all, 
Will not liis vengeance on the members fall * 
His nature vile, and vicious all liis bent. 
Shall he forbear ? from hellish deeds dissent I 
J^ay, hell is moved to deepest, foulest pit, 
And demons vie, in bloody counsel sit. 

An insult to the throne of sin and death, 
fill subjects of the sceptre righteousness. 
Fell hatred, murder, and malignity 
Are Satan's laws : while love is anarchy. 
^o virtue, deemed by satan's goverment. 
A crime deserving death or banishment, 
Inflamed with burning fury hell's domain, 
'i'o toiture stiints with prison rack •fi'l flr.iiei 



ror:\i? cr ghaci:; and truth. ^ lC5 



N'or long perplexed were i^atMiiV NAily clan. 
For insti-uniertri to execute his plan. 
While a religion, niiuus I )\ o JDivine, 
The hearts of men with L)igotrv enshrine, 
His ready sei'vants saeh will ever be : 
Their god in danger burns their jealousy. 
Which is the devil's richest harvest held.; 
Its bloody vintage, persecution's yield. 

Forth stood the whitod sepulchres at hand, 
Sin-blinded for their father's fell command. 
Their pharisaie garments stained with blood 
Of Him they crucified, the Son of God. 
J'o Stephen was the martyr's honor given^ 
The Jewish stones promoting him to Heav"'n. 
Him followed many a noble sacrifice. 
To wear a pm'chased crown at martyi's price. 

The whipping post, the prison's gloomy cell, 
Wild beasts of prey, and . hopping .jlocks as well. 
Were utilized to qnencli tlie mighty truth, 
And kill the w^orshipers of God forsooth. 
When filled the measure of malevolence, — 
The Jewish cup of red intolerance — ^■ 
l>rim full, and on them poured by Heaven's ire, 
God q^uenched that nation's p-ivsecuting fii'e.. 



2-JO THE CPvUS^DES OF IIEIJj. 

Bli(.. brief tlie respite to the virgin Cluirch. ■ 
.^ieantime hell pried with diligent research. 
How to enlarge his enginery to kill^ 
And greedy thirst for saintly blood to fill. 
His gloating eyes to Pagan god's are turned, 
There hissing up the sjnoldring fires that burned 
On idol shrines. Till roused that eagle Rome, 
To tear, with vengeful talons mercy's throne. 

An Empir9,. universal^ iron strong, 
The fiendish foe of man now hisses on. 
Mixing idol-bane Avith fell despotic pow'r, 
The infant Church of Jesus to devour, 
A thousand martyrs honor Heaven's grace, 
Ten thousand enter joyfully their place. 
But satan, waxing desperate, yet more 
Inventions sought, to fill the land with gore. 

The guilct'ne, to sever head' and heart, 
And quench the light of Heaven they impart. 
Hell's inquisition, where fierce demons sit 
In human form, but inward from the pit. 
Whose bloody hands extinguish mortal life,. 
By every instrument of torture rife. • 
Or terrify, were 't possible, a saint, 
The faith of his Redeemer to recant. 



rnK':\l.S OI-" fMtACK A.V;> THi'TK. 



But f^ooJs ot persecution jour ii) v/tiii! 
The rack, and gibbst, ani the bu;-nir;g ll nie. 
Yea iiK^uisitions, hnersed in holy blood, 
Can never quench the truth and love of God. 
Straight from each scene of honored sa'^riiice^ 
There mounted up a soul to Paradise. 
And from the ashes of each burning pile;. 
Up seemed to st?.nd a bold, and nuurir/us file. 

'Till satai:, it appears, began to cloy, 

At countk^s millions he must needs destrov, 

If by nuirtyrdoni he would succeed, 

To exterminate the holy seed. 

Or rather, satan now began to bo. 

Perplexed with doubts of his own policy. 

3bserving tliat the more he beat the fire. 

[t spread, the more abroad, and llamed the high'r. 

Then hell bethought, in deepest quest to know, 

Why futile his attempts to overthrovv- 

TJie pillared temple of the Living God, 

A.id check the onward march of Jc us' Word. 

Kre long the wily fiend discovered, lo ! 

That death and suff'ring only served to show 

The love and peace that in a Christian shine. 

And prove the system Heavenly, Divine. 

Then devils groaned to find their deeds at last. 

Cer ruled, to serve the cause they thought to blast. 



T2S CHUBIBIS OP HBLL 



PART III. 



) 
FAILURE OF THE 'SECOND CRUSADE,; 



Then satan, burning with defeat. 

More desperate became. 
His legions, summoned at his feet. . 

In hellisli council came. r 

Forth rose the great Apolyon chief, 

Mid din of hiss and yell, 
i\nd burning fires reef. 

That shook the depths of hell. 

Thus spoke the diabolic fiend, 

"Dominions! mighty lords! 
Your utmost Avisdom all combine, 

In consultation's words. 
•Some wiser scheme or strategem 

Than bloody martyrdom, 
Wie must devise ibr future j)ltvn, 

One liilherLo iiid;no\vn. 



rOK.MS OF GI^ACK A^•:^ TRUTU. , 233 

Then Moloeh, fiercc-st power of hell 

Loud spake with utmost ire. 
De deeming nothing half so well, 

As slaughter, blood, and fire. 
I^ext Belial, more considerate, 

Maturer counsel sighs, 
^'Tliat death can ne'er exlerminatf* 

The seed it multiplies.'- 

Next Mammon rose with grave address, 

His counsel forth to gleam. 
■*-Most noble peers I we uiust confess, 

That 'twere but ibUy's dream, 
To cope with Heaven's lofty Throno. 
Until Eternal fate shall yield 

To chance's fickle nod, 
'We may not hope our swa.v lo wield 

O'er the Almighty God. 

And yet our futile war to wage, 

Against the Church of God j 
Were to assault His heritage, 

His own select abode. 
As well might hope her prsstige lend, 

'Gainst the Omnicient Sire, 
As crown a war against His Fold, 

ills tlii'ono of livjiiu, Qie."' 



240 THE CRUSADES 01" IIEJ.L. 



Then rose up — next to satan's rank, 

A pillar strong of state — 
Beelzebub's atlantean form, 

And gaining audience spake. 
*'TJironqs ! powers ! proud offspring of Heav'n V 

Grave questions here arise : 
How vict'ry to our cause be giv'n? 

What project best devise? 

-'From persecution's fruitless fire, 

We may as Avell desist 
But who can tell how else conspire, 

This Kingdom to resist ? 
Athwart my mind there gleams a plan, 

Most noble peers attend ! 
Let us affect to turn amain, 

This hated cause befriend. 

^'Instead of war we'll kindness show 

To all believers round. 
All hell extol the christian name, 

Good will on earth abound. 
Thougli subjects many we shall lose, 

By bidding them God-speed. 
Yet they who go by our consent. 

Will not be saints indeed. 



rOK.MS CF GRACE AND THITII. 2r! 

So Ave will feign to have espoused, 

What we could not destroy ; 
Our hati'ed to the truth disguise, 

'J'he pilgrims to decoy, 
DoAVii from tlieir high and holy way. 

And by this bait we'll tole 
Them into fellowship with us, 

And so corrupt the soul." 

All hell broke fortli in loud applause 

To hail the good advice. 
Then satan rose and second gave. 

Completing the device. 
*'Much wisdom," saith hs, "we have hearcl,^ 

But deeper still I see : 
More than, befriend, we'll join the Church, 

And each a member b . 

"For if we gain advantage gi'oivnd. 

Assuming to be friends ; 
Much more within the Churc ";: '■ .-nd, 

We shall achieve our ends. 
There, to attain each oSce sear. 

We'll work the wires well, 
And gaining rub, we can defeat, 

And catt her t'own to hpH. 



.■2iB 2ju;sckllaneocs 



•^iir nature we will galvanize, 

In penitence appear 
Low at the door with weeping eyes, 

And pray admittance thei-e. 
Our persecutions we'll repent — 

Because they proved in vain — 
We'll seek a place within the Cliurcli. 

And help to build the same. 

•®-But dwelling in the Church oflighfc, 

All holj'" we must feign, 
ABd rIo7i the saintly robes of white : 

Still devils we remain. 
"Tfiongh hating all the holy seed, 

We'll play the christian lair ;" 
For devils prone to black deceit. 

As well as open war. 

; So hell agreed upon the plan. 

To join the Living Church. 
And, sat an leading, forth they came. 

The entrance for to search, 
.like mourners now the fiendish crew 

Their wickedness deplore, 
.But shiink amazed as, lo ! thej^' view, 

That Jesus is the door. 



rOEJIS OF GllACE AND TEUTPI. 243 



Then looking up in fear beheld 

"Her walls were great and high," 
Their altitude no fiends ascend, 

Their slrengtli all hell defy. 
Then passing round Avith eager eye, 

A second time, and thrice, 
No other ingress could they spV, 

No other door but Christ. 

Her bulwarks reach to llea'/en's throne,. 

God's glory her defense. 
Her great ibundations deep and strong, 

All i'rustrate our pretense. 
Ko threshold but th' Eternal Son ! 

Can devils enter Him ? 
Behold His eyes as lightning run. 

Inapproachable by sin. 

■*'That flaming door Ave can but hate, 

But enter and despoil, 
Wo will, unless eternal fale. 

Our conjurations foil. 
vSo let us search 'Einauuel's Book'. 

Perchance to fnid a clue. 
-._)r SDme condition we miy brool', 

i>v Avhich to enter throuiih. 



24 1 fSllE CllUSAUES OF IIELI,. 

•'Wliat mode of entrance has the Church?" 

Read now the Book and see. 
Tis by a new and second birtii^ 

What'er that process be. 
But who can tell us what this means?' 

*'Ye mnst be born again.'- 
To ns it very foolish, seems, 

Nor can the gods explain. 

^'Whence came the Churcli ' From Heavcr.'s; 

A. golden Cit}^ fair. [_tiu;oii'^ 

Were she produced b}'' human ski'l. 

We might admittance share. 
Ii"only formed on earthly plain.. 

TJien devils might come in. 
T iien we'd assume the Christian name. 

And join the social ring. 

•'What is the Church ? The Body of 

The Son of God Himself. 
May devils hope to gain that place, 

By fetratagem or stealth ? 
Ea'^h member is a part of Him, 

The fulness of them all ; 
And like Him must be free from sin^ 

"J'liough great, or even small 



roK:,:? <<v .^!!A«:l ani:- tmiii 



"<'What is the Cluirch ;< Tier elements 

iVre love and truth Div:];e. 
AVitli her pure gold of holing s, 

No dross of shi combine. 
"Within her burns a lire inren;-o. 

From Heaven's furnace — love. 
"AVhicli liame, upon unrighteousness. 

Far worse than heJl would prove. 

"K creatures did but ci'ganize 

The st"uvture oi the Church; 
AVe'd, lilce a nol>le [)il]ar rise, 

TJiey'd set lis in as sucli. 
"But now has God (he members set, 

All in tlieir order true ; 
He leaving all the sinners out, 

And us poor devils too. 

•<'0r tnrned but man tlie Chiirchly key. 

And passed the seeker m. 
AVe'd knock and pray as loud as jie, 

And so admittance win. 
But He, the Porter of the sheep, 

Alas ! we know too well, 
■^\nd worse than all. He, knowing u.^» 

Would bla'st us back to hell.'- 



*2'.b Tiir «iius.M»....j oi^ ULr.r.. 



Just then there burst a shout >oi' praisf^ , 

From all the ransomed host^ 
Their songs like mighty thunders rose, 

Filled v;ith the Holy Ghost. 
Then, seized with terror, satan's camp 

From Zion's mountain flit ; 
In fear and wild disorder scamp 

Back to their native pit. 

Hell sat amazed in liorror mute, 

Struck dumb at Zion's sight. 
Deject, l:)ewildered at their rout, 

Their prestige smit with blight. 
Then gathering pluck at last to rise. 

Thus satan, loth, began. 
*^To join the Churcli, we thought us wise^ 

Now fools, we never can. 

*'Yet finding out our folly may 
Add some to v/isdoin's store, 
iSo, by our failure, we to-dpy 

Know more than heretofore. 
Th.ugh what we've learned, we wish were not- 
Ill-fated to our scheme- 
Yet, knowmg hell must be our lot, 
We'll cWwz to va'or's di-eam,"' 



rorais c^ qKACK and tkuth. 



till' 



Tims, scarce again reviving h6pe, 

Spake the di-bolian chief. 
His legions sat on circled slope. 

A dark inifernal reef. 
Their wits at work how next to vent 

The wrath defeat enraged ; 
For devils only are content. 

In devilment ongaged. ■ 




1HB chusadbs g? mt 



r^iiT tv. 

Fi^T.\jS''S TIIIKD AND LAST CRUSADE* 

-A31 IjrfPs niferiial ministry 

Was summoned to the task, 
■ Of j?roJ2cting some new policy, 

Amd this was struck at last. 
'&e c-hief of devils rising said, 

"Comrades ! since martyrdom 
Hss-iailed, likewise our last crusade, 

Let's try tins stratagem. 

'•'^Since war cannot exterminate. 

Nor can Ave join the Church. 
U'ell make to it a counterfeit. 

We'll institute a search 
For some aspirant dignities 

Who wear the Christian name, 
1o draft its creed, to organize, 

And introduce the same. 



I'Oe:.:s n; ocacv. a'sd 'lvj'iw. 24 J 



We'li flatter and iusinuido 

A ritualistic zeal, 
Assemble councils, gra^c and great,. 

And help to turn the wheel. 
We'll whisper in those Bishop's ears, 

And get them fall in line. 
To tinker up a human tiling, 

A church we all can join. 

And if it' ever gets exposed, 

We'll get sor.ie better men. 
To r.ut aud frame as they're disposed, 

And reconstruct again. 
And should they get. jnore truth inwove, 

We'll war[) in n;oro of sin. 
Truth mixed will only more deceive j 

Just so ^^'e can get in. 

So liel] employed the policy 

Of many triips, with bate 
Disguised beneath a sacred name. 

Their mischief and their fate. 
Read in Chronicles of Cripple-Soul. 

And what that town befell 
When all the good, and true and bold, 

Came out the gins of hell. 



In this po3Tn t'le a'.ithor is coii-cious of inning struck tla 
nnst vital and Iniitful theme tliat could engage oar thoughtjs 
JVitli, indeeil, is tlio great all-e^ssntial condition of our redemp- 
tion, and of all our strength, luippinojs, and usefulness. Wore 
t not tliattinie is pressing us, to issue tliis work according to 
aaioiui'eni3nt wiAVo.ild love to cnlu'ge our labors on tli"i 
glorious tlieiiic. 




M^jEED yet nil lieii* of Iloavcn blush to own 
I |!/Allegiance to tlio Universal throne ? 
J^^^fc^i^^fJsiiive himself in setting to liis seal 
l^©i/;^--^rhat God is (rue, end that His works reveal' 
C^^ That He is lovo and tender S3anpathy I 
Jiji\ "While all His atributes in harmonj'-, 

Invite the struggling human heart to rest 
From all it3 iears and cares upon His breast. 
In Him the just shall live by faith secure, 
The iio]y Book of Trutli, Divinely sure, 
The basis of His everlasting trust. 

And yet the skeptic Hfts his liaughty crest, 
And flings th's taunt agginst the ChrJ.efian's shield, 
"Your faitii is naught but superstition's yield. 
In all tlie range of human thouglit aroiuid 
Hath eiich a thing as- laitli no wliere been found 
Save in rjh'gion's dark and mystic spliere, 
Where manhood yields to supcrslilious Jear. 



"■Jbi F.\ ITII. 



And only he who clianced to have tlie gift 

Of blind credulity, can ever lilt 

The vail, and enter faith's domain, obscure: 

And that by reason's utter forfeiture. 

Tis mental imbecility to act 

On propositions not by knowledge backed. 

And he's incautiously unwise and l<im(» 

Who takes as truth, and ventures on the same, 

Before ifs demonstrated, proved and known. 

Or if not knowledge, then at least the source; 

Of faith, should be an overwhelming force 

Of evidence, to so preponderate 

The mind, compel ling faitli's inalternate. 

Since failli comes by tlie gist of evidence, 

Wkere it is clearly in jn-eponderance, 

Faith must ensue involuntarily. 

But men in gen'ral, with impunity, 

Have ahvays set aside the Bible's claim. 

Hence its supporting evidence is lame. 

Or otherwise all men were forced to yield 

Subjection to it, as from God revealed." 

Such paralogy, and deceptive lore. 
Some babblers, by false doctrine blind, adore. 
But they are sin-born philosophic lies, 
Sq«1 bane, in cloak of logical disguise. 



WHB IB Mia 



Under this head V\e ■will confine our song, simply to tha 
faith of the Gospel, to a few of themany usei; vrhich fait^ 
is to the Jiumaa heart and soul. 



WRM IS FAKl. 



^\^vr tlien is couched Avitliiii tliat wondrous word 
IVliicli opens all the treasures of the Lord, 
Appropriates an endless life of bliss, 
Ji^iidows the soul, in woi'kb to come, and this, 
^Vitli virtue, glory, honor, endless pence 
And from all sin and wo3 its sure release ? 
Does she, the channel of such special good, 
All dfienitions here on earth elude ? 
J^ay, faith does not in superstition grope; 
J^ut she's the '-substance of the things we hope," 
**The eVidence of things we do not see." 
O'er earth, and sin, and hell, our victory. 
The Faith wo sing is no such stupid thing, 
That her warm hands of love no trophies bring 
The bosom of her friends who give her place. 
blessed is that heart lit by her face ! 
i'aith's not blind, but, blest v\'itli genr'ous eyes. 
Beholds and cliooses out life's highest pi'ize. 
J^or deaf. Tlic music of e^er-.rl s-^-ie".>3 
Ploat down witl> ins'jiratiou o - h-er e^-i.. 



PJE.MS OF GP.ACE AI;D TRUTH. i-'f^i 

And Trell slie liears II13 glorious Gospel sound, 
r.onouncing all its truth the solid ground. 

She liat'i feet, lieu^e bj faith oui- soul can walk,. 
Kor sliould on stilted feelings try to stalk, 
Kor soar on wings of ecstac/ around, 
Without th}^ feet of faith upon the groumd 
Of truth, -he sure foundation, broad and high: 
Adrilt from truth, thou and th}^ faith must die. 

J'aith hath life. By her lite the just shall live. . 
She only hath eternal life to give. 
th s hatli the Father life upon the throne. 
So hath lie freely given to tlie Son, 
\Vho to faith exclusivel}^ confined 
IJis life, but througli her wills it all mankind. 

Jaitli is not dumb, she hath a mighty voice. 
Her music on earth is Heaven's first choice. 
Lo! she speaketh! '-Faith speaketh on this wise;: 
"■Say not in thy heart, who'll ascend the skies, 
That is to bring Jesus down from the thrccie. 
Or wlio in the deep for us will go down, 
That's to bring up Olirist again from the dead. 
But these are the words kind faith hath said; 
I am nigh thee now — so freely believe — ■ 
Yea, in lliy. mouth and in thy heart, to give 
Life, Eternal life, by thy concession. 
And thy heart believing to salvation.'^ 



•So-l I'AITII. 



Jjong, arms hath fait!i, and liaiids omnipotent, 
-And their might to the humble soul is lent. 
-Ah ! sin hath palsied all the strength, our own. 

Xo hand can we lift unto mercy's throne. 

Bnt, saith angel taitli, "I'll be arms for thee, 

Thy will, and my strong hand shall set thee freo. 

Mj arm I will stretch far up to Heaven, 

And touch the blood that speaks thy sins forgiven 

Take to thy soul my hand, and by it grasp 

The gift — Eternal life — and so hold fast 
• "The profession of thy faith evermore; 
_And no sin shall henceforth tliy life obscnro. 

My hand hath access to the Book of God, 
^ad I'll w^'ite thy name witli the "precious blood."' 
^On the fam'ly roll of the Sons of light," 
.And I'll hand thee down a robe ever white." 
'*Now behoLl by faith's all sweeping; vision, 

111 the center of Love's coustellation, 
-A star of beauty and effulgence shine. 

3>j Biy hand you may pluck, and call it thine. 

"Unlike the moon's pale beams that soon must "wan, 

'lis an endless Sun in the soul of man. 

Its name thy joyful heart and tongue confess, 

The glory and "beauty of holiness." 
- '^Doth not," saith Faith, "thy unmaibd breast expcs€ 

Thv soul to all the crmcrs of Ihv iocs ?- 



Peru 5 OT GRAC" AM> Tr.I'TU 



C3I10] J !' I hnng tliee an armor. "•'Pat on 

The braasplate of fait'i and love, an I 1)3 strong. 

'Above all take the shield of faiths whereby 

A.11 tlio legions of liell thou canst d3ly : 

i'e shall be able to quench every dart 

The wicked in wrath may shoot at thy heart. 

1 too, faith san^;, am the root of thy joy, 
A constant source of rest inught can destroy. 
Enotional joy ina}" rise and may fall, 
Q:s ieelin;^;s transported, or feel not at all, 
The comfo"':s of hope all brilliant and high, 
•Orclouds of sombre o'er sweeping our sky: 
Every joy of t'le heart its changes hath, 
But the sweet, immutable ",/c)7/ of falthP 
It is based on the Kock of Ages iirm, 
AVhich ne'er can take a fluctuating turn. 
And as Truth never rises and falls amain, 
Tlie faith that is on it must stand the same, 
And the joys of that faitli for e'er endure, 
As the faith itself, and its gr.nnd are sure. 

So Faith, to onr soul, is our ears and eyes 
'Our hands and our ar;ns, that reach to the skies, 
Aid phick i'rom the beautiful tree of life. 
Uur shield of protection amid the strife. 
AVe believe and therefore we speak the same 
JSo its spirit is testiirony's flame. 
])recious angel Faith! Our joy complete ! 
Ever dwell in our her.rt, s'rong, jnn-o and sweet. 



fim. mmi^ih 



ox tilis liae of thouglit we ackaowledg3 our in leb'c^m'- r 
to a vohmie of "discourse? on the nature of faith," by Wm. [I 
Star. lu the main his analysis and definition of faith is very 
clear and lu-a-^tieal. 

£o;ne devout reader may take excepf.ons 1o our Ciassifica- 
tion of that faith principle which actuates all human cxer'ion, 
with tlie faith in God that ?avcs the soul, and unlocks the stor^ 
Jiou^e of Ills blessings. But a careful examination of the mut- 
ter will tatisfj^ any thinking mh^d, that the act is philosophical- 
ly the same, Avhether it -grasps spiritual or cartiily objects- 
True the causes and resuJts of faitli in God, differ much fro-u 
Ihose of faitli in earthly projects. In the foriner, llcvelatlon i* 
the basis of our faith; anl, owing to min's spiritual d ath, 
the grace of God is esseutuil to unfold the light, an I qmcke:i 
our latent powers of faith. While faith in natural tlii igs, is. 
ou'y animated by natural prospects a:id indue 'inents. In the 
former instance, faitli grasps the power of the Almighty, and'~» 
stupendous miracle is ^^rought; or r,<thf'r a coinLin:'.lion ©f 
miracles, by v.iucli a:i entire revolution of onr moi;il b^/in^-iB^ 
produced. In the latter, faith but gras; s, au I A\i -Ids the meut.I 
and physical elements of this world, and rea;w tc-mporul bene- 
lits. And a ^ God is greater than all the forces of nituro, th© 
Jaith that hij's hold on Him, is more e.\al'ed hi cau-e and e"- 
fect, than that Avhich is confined to eartlily :;mbitions; :ukI 
yet both are tlie same in kind; being the a^FO it of th ' inind to 
a suppo :cd truth, and the act of the will upon the same,thi-ouglL 
the inducements c(miiected witli the ]uv)iiosition iu cither case. 
■\VJien the apoi-th; said, "All men have iiDt faith," Jie e\idcatly 
meant, faitli in Christ. Eut the same Apostle tells u< that they 
"u'lio believe not the truth,but have plea»rre in unrighteoiisn-_'.ss'* 
arc also leiievers. Namely they "believe a lie," — 2Ti!eS)* 
2; 11, 12. 



TOtT^P 



iiTH raimsiL 



Tiie restless skeplic wciilJ nr<iue in vain 
Tliat I'aitirs excluded to r?li ;ious brain. 
iCut we shall prove that th:y, as do the just 
All live by tlrair faith, and miuitxin some trust. 
That all may comp:-3]i3nd just Aviiat combine 
The elements of i'aitb, we will define 
Its sphere of action and simplicity. 
And by thus tracing out its province see 
Just where and liovv rm act of faith proceeds, 
From whence the act sprin;.i:s, and what succeeda, 

A proposition demoJistva:ive shown, 
Or by experience yet nioi-e certain known. 
If acted on is no laith act or deed ; 
For that whicli is known doth faith supersede. 
Faith, tiien hatli its pr^i:^? i:.v.i^;i of action, 
Not on truths known by past demonstration 
But truths made probable by evidence; 
By a chain of cordial facts, Irom whence 
Oonviction rises in the thoughtful mind, 
*VIiich, with motives and inducements combined. 



-Gl: FA nil. 

"Wins assent, and moves the will to act upon. 
Tiien acts of faith these elements embrace, 
A proffered t'utli, to which the mind can trace 
Some supporting facts that assurance wake. 
Which evidence the heart and judgment take. 
To that supposed truth assents the mind, 
Tlie will too acting on it, thus inclined. 
My evidence, but yet by motives more. 

The act of faith thus rightly analyzed, 
''"he fact ensues — thougli it may thee surprise — 
That all voluntary action of our race 
y<) faith, as its foant.iin, we cljarly trac3. 
\Vhile energy moves a living frame, 
Or effort of thought in a human brain, 
W'lile the arm and hand busy life-work ply, 
Until crost on the breast tliey silent lie. 
Tea! while life prolongs its tenuous day. 
And our falt'ring tteps hold on their way, 
Whether strides that press toward the world to come, 
(,)r toils that abound in our temp'ral home, 
\\'hat we do or say upon life's short path, 
A]\ all vv'e undertake are Avorks of faith. 

Does a farmer know when he plows his field, 
That time will bless him with a harvest's jield. ? 
N; y 1 he plows in hope, and he sows, forsooth, 
As an act of faith in a probable truth. 



roE::s or Gr..\.c'J and rnvir. *iCa^ 



"Were ths skeptic's lo^lc to assaiiio the throne, 
AVhich denies assent 'till the truth is known, 
And will take no step 'till the ground is proved, 
Then -would tha lustplow-sharo the earth have move;!;: 
All iarmers ceas3 from their hopoTuI labor, 
And beg- or steal from their next door neighbor^ 
'Till all the store that the earth had produced 
While good sense yet reigned, had become exhaust- - 
And the fields lay waste, with no crops lo cheery 
'Jill the last man starved on the skeptic's sneer. 

When a blacksmith forges an implement, 
See him blow and smite 'till the sparks are sent, 
Thick and fast ai-ound as the rays of light, 
From an old tin lantern in the darkest night;. 
But what are the terms in his dingy shop ? 
No, ^pay in ad nan g '.,'''' has he posted np. 
"Nay! he takes the task with a cheerful smile, 
And proceeds to pounl to drill and lib, 
N"or wipes off a hint Vv'^it!i his honest sweat, 
'Till the last lick rings, and the .]ob\s complete, 
Say, did he know that toil would yield him bread?' 
N'o, many a hopeful job he'll ne'er be ]3aid. 
So it is by faith from the morn 'fU niglit, 
His brawny arm is nerved to blow and smite. , 

And even though his dusty books c; n shov^*- 
A thousand figures hopeless loiip- a'lo. 



-io-i TAITH. 



H?'V'"^SSS''V''S5S3'V'' 



-'He undertakes eacli job in all liis line, 

By feilli for cash, or slender faith on time. 

Likewise all carpanters and tinners drive 
■. Tlieir craft hj faith, and only faitlifnl thrive. 
> Shoe-makers, tailors, and miehinists too < 

'j'lieir varied lines of work by faith pursue. 
-And every craft beneath tho shinini^- sim, 
. By faith, more truly than by steam, is run. 
■ E'en toil remunerated in ad\'ancc, 

Where the wages earned ruiis no dubious chance, 
' These are yot v/orks of faith, as wo can show, 
. Involving points of trust tiicy do ]i.ot know, 

And objects contemplated yet at stake. 

]s the blacdvsmith C2L-taiu that liail will take 

The proper coursa banoatli Iiis rapid lick? 
'Or turning toward the coifin pierce tlio quick? 

])o3.s tho ])uikl3r know, wlieii Jie starts a nail, 

Tiiat the blow he aims surelj^ can-not fail ? 

An I does ln.^ ti'ust, or absolutaly know 

Tiiat the nail is strong to receive his blow ? 

Will it pierce the wood, or to pieces break ? 

Thcs3 and Oilier risks ho by faith mast take. 
Wiieii bankei-o loan upon soccrity, 

However sale they think the case to be, 

"Tis bat a i)i:obab]e tnitli at best, 

--Upon w hich his idolized dust is cast. - ,.^ 



l^OEJIS OF GKACE AND TllUTH. 



■So lie pTa3's by faiili \vli3ii the T)est is done, 
And appeals to time whether lost or won. 

So the lawyer pleads his client's case, 
Staked on the proposition that his race 
With rival attorney will fetch up won ; 
■Or that both may drink their bumpers and smile. 
O'er the fine grist sacked in the court house mill ; 
Where their clients were ground, and their green-backs 
And they sent Iioine with neitlier bran or toll, [stole. 
■So its by faith they plead, for tiiey know not sare. 
But their chenrs vrero ground througii the mill before. 
And of course this tinio wlien their suit is ground, 
Not a ragged fee iu t:i;:>ir colr^r's lbun:l. 

When the physiciiii Jea-^es Ills ]io:n3 so warm. 
All capped and mailed in fur against the storm. 
Does he know indeed that liis money's sure ? 
Or tlie guerdon lie books time wid secure? 
Does ho knov^" the nostruiiis he wWl ])icscribe — 
On which his patients so bliudl};^ conlide — - 
Of cob web, rag-w^ed. or clicnnomilc, 
Will heal up their mrJadies sound and well ? 
Knows he — if death don't L:eep pace vrith his speed. — 
That the monster wid not outstrip Ins steed? 
Nay, he's no preknowledge of all these things. 
Tliough of his ambition they're all the springs. 
So the doctor ilrivcs ins proiesuloi- by faitdi, 



2i>'J Tmtj. 

ISdectic, Iloineopatliic, or Allopath. 

-As he goes oat hoaliiig how can h? tell 

But that hi'i profession's enormous bill 

Has picked the poor patient's very last climo, 

Or helped him out of tho troubles of time ? 

That the doctor's pale horse had pawed and neiglied 

fio oft by the gate v/here the sick man staid, 

That, coming today he'll not be at Iiome. 

Xet onward lie rides, and b,y faith alone. 

So the preacher go 3s forth by fiiitli in God, 
To^^ublish the grace of His Uving Word, 
^'he teacher, statesman and politician, 
J^il chase thiir phantom on faith's condition. 
^'ot a merchant knows when investing means, 
Whether fortano 1 inV^ or excaed his dreanib*. 
Ho he buys by faiili on a truth supposed, 
Only known a truth when tie stock is close:!. 
In all the surging sea of huma i life, 
In all the dii^e and rush of basinets sirlfe, 
From the gi-eat "Wall Street," to the suburb shop, 
^1 the markets piled wita the round earth's crop. 
Every mart of trade, every business line, 
All that's grown or made on the shoras of time, 
Is raised, made, shipped, bought, sold and consimiedby 
And unmoved by iaith all would starve to death, [faith. 
Uot a livmg man would riso from his seat. 



J'0!r5T3 OT- nr VCC AS"I) 'Titm-T 



HU I f ■l l l. i li.JJ if I 



h ' V ^jMy V ' nfaj ^'y^ag'^''*w^ T'^of 



Kot another 'step ever take Jii? foot, 
Did Jie not have faith that Iiis L c...' is bl St 
AVilii might to respond to his nii::.d's behest. 
As fhe Lord by faith framed the world withal. 
So by faith all live on this mundane ball. 







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THB &HOUIID OF FAITl 



THE evidences that nrvaj themselves in support ot aay prop- 
«sition are tlie ground cr basis of fXtli in tliat proposition. 
WJierc a sufficient amount of evidence to sus-taln a proposition 
k laclcin^:, the mind cannot give assent to it, nor ilie will act iip- 
«u it with a scrance. liut when the evidences are stiong and 
fonchisive, the mind must give assent, andj-et the will, through 
counter attractions and disinclinations, m:iy even then with- 
lii.ld action. So we have placed evidence as the ground of faith, 
l)ut m -tive the cause of it3 action. Asa perfo;i cannot walk 
"wi'diout a l;a«is to Avalk on, but mav, or may not, as hi shall 
elect, with a basis; so w'ithout evidenc3 faith cannot proceed, 
lout with it, can, if the person chooje, or remalu inactive if h.& 
SD determine. 

Under this hettd we will ctm^ine oursel^ to the faith of th^ 
Gospel, and can only take time to c;ill att'entlpn to a few facts, 
«f all the multitude of evidences of the Divine Reveiation. 

The interposition of a sipernatural fi e, which drove tho 
Emperor Julian's workmen from th6 cite of tiie temple, we re- 
fer to in this connection, is a fact clearly recorded in history. 
Ambrose, Chrysostom, and other Christian wi iters of that age 
and Marcellinus a Pagan writer, recorded the fact, and Gibboa 
the noted infidel historian, who never misses an opportunity to 
©bscure the s«cred truth, refers to the instance in his history of 
Rome, and does not, call it in question. 



m^ &HOUHD 0? ?Mm. 



We stand alJ amazed mid t';c lights tliat sliinft 
Within and witliont of the Book Divine, 
And ten i'lousand objects that round us crowd, 
All speaking in harmony clear and loud, 
The Bible ! dear Bible ! the Book of love ! , 
Is no earthly production ; but Heaven above 
Hath kindled its lire and lit up its page 
With hope for the lost, both simple and sage. 

To a creature with eyes, t!iis vroidd is bright 
With the rays of the sun from mo:-n "till night, 
Him no arguments nsed to be given. 
To prove the genial beams of heaven. 
But to one born blii>.l, what a task it were 
^or tlip wisdom of a philosopher. 
To convey one proof of the fact of light, 
Without the power to furnish him sight. 
All the rapturous scenes in the earth or sky, 
3r the living canvas of a Monkacsy, 
Cannot pierce his veil with the faintest gleam. 
Or av.alce in his mind a single dream. 



27'. tAixn 

So it comes to us as a tlianlvMss thing 
That some proofs of the Bible we should sing. 
For the saint who lives in the perfect light, 
And the sinner too, with a vision slight, , 
Need not our taper to behold the sun. 
While light for self blinded, alas ! tli era's none. 
It seems detraclion from the trutli of Heaven, 
That evidence yet must needs be given. 
To prove this Book is the voice of the Blest, 
Fact clearly evinced as that we exist. 
But critics and fools in their folly stark. 
Because their hearts and their deeds wera evil and 
Have scanned this footstool of God all around, [dart 
And excavated the depth of the ground. 
To find in its dark deep chambers a clue 
To its origin, and perchance o'erthrow 
The record Creative Wisdom's given. 
In the ancient Book of the God of Heaven. 
Some hidden tally in this rock-ribbed clod, 
That disagrees with the Bible of God. 
So these "free thinkers" — free to thoughts of evil- 
Might set up a claim, r.s did the devil. 
The world's their own, and they made it withai, 
Or at least discovered t'was'nt made at all. 
So all right and title of God o'er thrown. 
They swear by high Heaven tliis world's their own. 



rcE:,:s or aracE and TKurir. 271 

But wliat have tbo reslless scientists found, 
And agreed upon as the facts profound ? 
Both devout and infidel all set forth 
Five gen'ral stratas compn:5iiig the eartb; 
Each thought to denote a cycle of years, 
In the earth's formation, e'er man appears. 
.But who is able to arise and say 
<7od could not have foi ned it all in a diy. 
Or in the six daj's of t^e true Genesis? 
■Could He not have fnoliioned it just as't is, 
All stratumed t'l, r";Ji, and in fossel disguised, 
To bring to naught tfie wisdom of the wise? 
But should the past cges have 'lapsed indeed, 
On which the scientists are much agreed, • 
'•'•The BEGi]SK]KG," that breaks the silence fii'st, { 

.And spans the unlimited cycles past, 
Has ample room for the ages unknown, 
'Through which it is claimed our planet has growifc 
Trom silent chaos to an Eden land. 
Wlietl-er ages long had a moulding handl 
•On the substance of this terrestrial clod. 
Ere the six days work of Almiglity God ; 
Or whether those days themselves were cycles fJ^if 
Or were f^olar days, what's the odds at last ? 
In these leading fcicts however accord 
Both youthlul science and the Old Record. 



First, the creative work in Genesis, 

Was extended, not simultaneous. 

Geology, having explored the earth, 

Comes up from the depths and, behold ! sets forth 

The fact like'.yise of the time's extension 

In the rocky annals of creation. 

And a seco.id point in the Book of Truth, 
Is, the world came not by a gradual growth ; 
But by the fiat of Eternal JViind, 
It was formed in epochs, each well defined 
As a day with a silent night between. 
And so to the stratas that intervene 
Betwixt the successive epochal rounds. 
Geology point-, as sufficient grounds 
To confirm the Book of Eternal worth. 
Again, in the origin of this earth. 
The leaves of nature with the Book agree, 
That just five stages fill its history. 
And in their order, and the nature of each, 
Neither doth. the other a word impeach. 
The earth was at first "without form and void ;'^ 
'Tis said in the ancient inspired Word. 
We open the volumes of science and, lo ! 
The original earth was chaos too. 
Both pictures do perfectly coincide, 
The '•'Azoic agc^"' and "the earth yet void.'* 



I'OE.MS OF GKACE AND TRUTH. 273 



Next, in llie rocorJ that GoJ ha:* given, 

The land and the sea ; p wt were driven, 

And the earth yielded gras'^, horb, sood and tree. 

With this again all s.'ience uill agree. 

Chaos lirst, and next vogetation. 

Ascends the scale of true Ilevclalion. 

Then waters brought forth fish, and dil app:>ar 

Reptiles, "moving creatures," "fowls of the air." 

Now turning to the charts of geology, 

We see how they're forced into harmony 

With the grand old Bocdi of the Christian's trust 

How the learned have seen in the very dust, 

And throughout the frame of this globe tliey find. 

The finger marks of the very same Mind 

That moved the writings of sacred annals. 

'Twixt vegetation, and age of mammals, 

The ^•Jfe.coiG and Paleozoic"' stands, 

Marked by the reptile life, and tribe of fins. 

So Heaven above has chronicaled true, 

And so re;id the stratas of earth below. 

Next we ascend to the animal plain; 

WJiere the cattle and beasts of the earth did reign. 

These all came forth in the Bible story, 

Between the fish and the crowning glory, 

Of the workmanship of the Great I AM. 

Jus- v.diere they're placed in the scientist's plan;-. 



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Tlie ''■Cenozoic''' mammals of all Itind, 
^Just before we come to the age of mind. 
And the last of all, in the Christian's creed, 

.And in the science of the earth we tread, 
jLo! man was formed and made a living soul. 

Miglity lord of earth, from pole to pole. 
-So, on the drip-stone of each succeeding stage, 

God has carved a proof of the sacred page. 

Wonderful ! wonderful ! ! coincidence, 
..In the voice of nature and that of grace ! 

.All ! 'Tis the same voice that speaks with compassion 

In the pure Volume of Insjpiration, 

And thunders aloud in the riven clouds. 

Or sings soft vespers when the evening shrouds 
■ Tlie closing day in holy curtains round. 

And breathes a solemn awe, as hushed each sound 

Of bnsy toil- The voice of Majesty, 

Tliat roars anon upon the billowed sea. 
' The music universal nature rings 

Is the sweet anthem that the Eible sings. 

And the God o' nature — let wis lorn trace— 
_ls the God of the Bible, God of grace. 

A thousand facts foretold on the page& 
' Of this Great Book, in the lapse of ages 
_IIave ceased to speak as slighted prophecy, 



POE-US OF Git. ACE A^^D t:::t:t. 



And have oiitored the annals of Instbrj. 
In all these pi-edictions Truth put forth 
A challenge before the monarcli's of earth, 
And the forces of hell and sin combined, 
To overthrow whr.t the prophets divined. 
TIio' the kin2;lonis aro33 and skeptics railed. 
Not a jot or title has ever failed. 
What the Wonlarful VoIuuid p:3-declares 
Of cities and nations, all hisfry bears 
Its faithful record, that, so far as due, 
All lias come to pass most strikingly true. 
One beautifrd instance v/o sing alone 
Should cast every skeptic in silence dowii 
With his month in the duet, a penitent, 
His vulgar speeches and deeds to repent. 

In the Gospel of Christ, the true Ood-man, 
On the holy City Jerusalem, 
Predicted that she in ages to come, 
Should furnish no Jew a sheltering home. 
•"Till the times of the Gentiles be complete, 
'ohe m:st be trodden 'neath the Gentile's feet. 
\ judgment no human sagacity 
iVould ever have ventured to prophesy. 
3ut the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it, 
A.nd who shall be able to interdict. 
What! this indefeasible race denied 



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A?cess to llie place of their sacrad pride ? 

Behold tliG Kill.;- of Kings Cdvl Lord of Lords 

Iiicliiies the po-.vers that be to till His words. 

80 the liomaus ca-.ne as a storm of woe 

And leveled tlie city in ruins low. 

E!ev«.ii hundred thousand Llebrews met 

Death in the vallej of Jehos'.iaphat. 

And every J^w t'.r.it survive J 0.1 eirth 

"Was hence prolii'jited on puin of death 

To enter, or even to look upon 

Their down-trodden Oily Jerusalem. 

A "hissingy' and "proverb," in slavery sold, 

Tliey filled up the measare that seers foretold. 

After fift}^ years under Egypt's yoke 

The Emp'ror Adrain, their souls to provoke, 

Ilebuilded the city in Roman style 

All its sacred places did much defile. 

.lie profaned the temple's most awf'ux mound 

IJy erecting upon its sacred grounl, 

And from its honored stones, a theatre 

With a heathen temple to Jupiter. 

And to show the poor Jews the nation's hate, 

Carved a marble swine just o'er each gate, 

In the wall of the city round about. 

Tliis inflamed the blood of the Jews devout. 

And through Carchobebas, a false Messiah. 



ro: IMS OF G ACE AND TIIUTII. 277 

lu retake the City taey did conspire. 
A mighty army, in desperate wrath, 
Jlisolved on t'lo City, or snfFer death. 
Ikit t!rj words of Jesus a;j;ain^t them slood, 
A.n\ in vain they b.ittled anl slie.l their blooi. 
.Five hundred and eighty thousand, with great 
.Birchobebas their leade:-, met their iate. 
And the Roman gu.ir's for canturies round 
^hut out every Jew i'rom th) s.icred ground. 
Nor dared he yet creep o'er th:^ rubbish there, 
To see and bewail his Zion so dear. 

But should tho llaming sword of eartldy law 
From the gates of that C!ty once withdraw, 
Would not tliat people in e igerness come 
.From every nation to thtir ancient home'*' 
Yea, and dig from the earth each temple-stone^ 
If favored indeed by some miglity Throne. 
And so they were. A monarch's mighty mace 
Assayed to restore to the Jews their place. 
A nephew of the Christian Constantine, 
Was Julian, and he liimsolt" hid b^en 
A nominal Christian in early youth, 
T5ut, apostatizing, he held the truth 
:n wicked abhorrence, and in his hate 
Resolved to utterly annihilate, 
And root out of the earth the Christiaji name. 



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S<) through his empire he pubfished a ban 

That all the stupid Pagan deities, 

Where the gods of his kingdom, and to these 

Were temples roarel up, while tlie Christian cause 

Was hindered by su'otile proscriptive laws. 

He, by his observation and research, 

Having learned, a fruitlul seed of the Church, 

Is the blood and ashes of martyred saints. 

Held his pent rancor under wise restraints. 

If gainst the C'lristian stractur3 .he'd prevail, 

Its very foundation he must assail. 

He found no flaw in the ethics o( love 

That our Savior taught ; nor could he disprove 

That the body of ancient prophecy, 

All had centered in Him so perfectly. 

The prophetic picture that Jesus drew, 

Over three hundred years had sealed it true. 

And Julian knew that the Lord had said, 

The feet of the Gentiles alone should tread 

Tiie streets of the City where Go:T had dwelt, 

Till the time of the Gentiles be fulfilled. 

*'Not so," said the sagacious Emperor, 

^"This Galileean's word shall stand no more. 

^'iiy the might of my goJIs, and kingdom great, 

'•By my army of Pagan?, filled with hate, 

'•And by the pent up zeal of every Jev , 



P0"':,I3 OP GRACK AND TIlTTil. 



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"I sv,'3:u- this prediction sliall prove luitrua. 

'•I know how tlie Israelite bosom's burn 

"With love for their City, and would return, 

'•And dig from the dust all her sacred stones, 

"And rebuild tlie place of their ancient homes. 

"I'll remove the ba-'s that have shut them out, 

"And op3n the way for the Jews, devout. 

"And welcome t!iem back from the nations rouad^;,.„ 

"To build their temple on its ancient ground. 

••'So Jerusalem, all the world shall see, 

"The home of that nation henceforth shall be." 

Forth went the tidings in the Monarch's namo 

So the Jews arose, and in ardor came, 

And entered with awe on the sacred spot, 

Their gold and silver in abundance brought, 

And in the wildest enthusiasm, 

Began to search for the old foundation, 

Of the holy palace, in ruin laid. 

The wealthy brought silver pick and spade, 

And so devoted were Je^A'ish females, 

That they bore off rubbish in silken veils. 

What sanguine raptures inspired all the tln*ong^ 

As the}^ cleared tiie debr.'s with siiout and song. 

Ureat Jewish zeal, with the iron empire, 

And all heathen gods, and devi's coiis])i]-ej 

With mihions of gold to second their plan, 



i 8 ) FAITH. 

- Must surely succeed at Jerusalem ; 
And so dastroy the only fouudalioii 
31' hope lor a vrorld in slu's perdition. 
Mnst T)- ove a deiault in the Book of love, 

- And fouuce our L-ord to a level "itb Jove. 
Wliat a crisis this lor tlio world haa been ! 
What a vuita2;G ground for the skeptic's peri! 
Tliere was no earthly po'.s^er as liillisrto, 

To guard that site against tlie zealous Jew. 

A thrcno Universal is on their side, 

The provincial governor, strong beside. 

So tlie Bible must fail if ifs a farce, 
^ Having no other arm but its own Source 

To maintain its honor in this great test, 

Unshaken and worthy the Christian's trust. 

If Gol be Go J, lie must now interpose 

Or suffer His truth o'erthrov/n by His foes. 

J^nt look ! look ! ! the Avorkers all flee amazed. 
'Lo! o'er Ih^ir heads a fiery tempest blazed. 

Ad eartliq^uake shakes tlie ground beneath their feet. 

And dreadful balls of fire upward leap 

From bene.ith the walls, scorching unto death 

iSomo that '\\'rought : others fied the an ;ry breath. 

"\Ylien the elements hushed tlieir drjadlul blast 

Tlie ;::'alots resumed their doaant task. 
-iiul wore a^ain and again coniper.ol to vun 



rOE31< OF GIUCK AND THUTI]. 2S1 

From the fieiy breatli of the Holy One. 
Repulsed and alarmed by Jehovah's ire, 
They lied from the place o" ominous fire. 
And abandoned the hope of proving vain 
The words that wer3 spoken in Heaven's name. 

Then to Persia the apostate pressed on 
In hope of conquest ffir ^ .s pagan crown. 
But fell in battle by a Persian lance, 
And conscious that fate had taken his chance, 
A palm of his bloo 1 in the air I13 cast, 
While conscience sm't, his dying lips confessed, 
"O ^'rtZi/ecni! thou hast conquered! " 
'Twas a name of reproach he had conferred 
On all who in the Christian faith then lived. 
So he died, but the Christian cau33 survived; 
And yet survives ; her mighty truth yet saves. 
While her foes have gone to dishonored graves. 

Soon earn the Turks and took t]ie holy land. 
And held it 'neatli Mahometan command, 
Down through the centuries until this day. 
Save the ninety years, when crusaders sway — 
More cruel even than the Caliph's rule — 
Assayed to wipe the Jews irom Goi's ibotstool. 
So then the bold words of the prophet Christ, 
Tor eighteen hundred yer.rs have stnoJ tlie test. ^ 
And now, while the Gantib S3cts arj falling 



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Iiilo darkness, and the angels calling, 
All the living forth from her corruption, 
And from her "awful decreed consumption. 
When, in fact, the gentile's day is waning, 
And the time is due for the Jew's returning, 
Behold ! a wealthy man* of providence, 
iSecures abundant opening through the foace 
Of Islam's government, and, lo ! they come ! 
Jews come, and make Jerusalem their home. 

Was this all an accident ? Who believes 
!Iliat chance has filled up eighteen centuries 
Of prophecy, the most improbable. 
Believes a lie however x^^lpable, 
J^ecause for truth he has no relish, 
All his bent and habitudes so dev'iish. 

I^ot only prophecies all harmoi i;e 
"Witli historic facts, but they synchronize 
>Vith each other in beautiful accord. 
Dne point we cite. The words of Christ the Lord f 
Place the point of the Gentile's closing time 
At the Jews le'urning home to Palestine. 
And His Apostle;]; makes their fullness end 
When the Jews shall cease to grope, lost and blind. 
Then these two signals of the same event, 
ilust with each other be coincident. 

*Rotliscliilcl. fLuke 21 : 34. |Rom. 11 : 25. 



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An J, lo! tli3ir co-03caiT3nc3 in these years 

A striking truth this generation L-^ars. 

AVliile many thonsanJ Jews regain a blest 

Home in Palestin3, thoasmds also rest 

Their liopes on Him their fathers crucified. 

A proof that time is in its even-tide. 

A. solemn warning to the Gentile world 

That grace and love, long (roiden down and foiled. 

Now concentrate in tlie Church their glowing. 

And, insulted, withdraw their gentle wo u g 

And leave the nations in delusive coil. 

To sin and hell an everlasting spoil. 

Not only can we trace upon the letives 
Of nature, and historical archives, 
Many thousand lines of truth, harmonic, 
That rebuke the madness of tli-e skeptic, 
And set their seal and evidence, sublime, 
Confirming inspiration's Book Divine; 
But, turning to the inner soul and mind. 
What, in all the realm of thought do we find, 
Or where, in our spirit's wonderful tlirone, 
Js there one principle that does not own, 
And feel the need of a revelation 
From God, the Author of all creation ? 
And every truth in the Bible's plan 
A counterpart finds in the soul of man. 



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'Dne element clecp in the liumaii breast 

■is liope, whicli anchors in a future, blest. 

ft many objects here on earth clesrcies, 

But sees beyond this worLl its crowning prizo. 

As a faculty of iinniortal soul, 

iniinortality is its linal goal. 

Would the Makei- of all in uian create 

Appetence I'or a bright and future state, 

And make for that want no sure provision ? 

<jr if provide, withhold the condition 

<}f gaining the home of hope's fruition ? 

Thus mocking the wants of His own creation. 

And such were tiie case if no guide were given 

n o light up indwellijig liopes of Heaven. 

-Again, we do most assuredly draw 
'That man was fashioned a subject of law\ 
J'or. lo ! it is w-ritten deep in his soul, 
j'lie will of his Maker should all control. 
.And his actions, he feels and knows within 
-Are pleasing to God, or presumptuous sin. 
"i'lie principle of right and wrong reveals '^ 

Ii,3cdf within our soul, but 3'et it '-^els ': 

Dependent on its i\ uthor tor the light, 
"i'o discriminate 'twixt wrong and right. 
Would God implant responsibility, 
A:id leave man grope in dread uncertainty, 



rOLMS OF GKACE AND IMUTIl. i.5JL 

Perplexed tlirongh life with gloomy Tears that lie. 
AVith Heaven's will vrere out of liannony, 
-And yet conier on him no sl;uidar.l by 
Which obedience could his conscience satisfy?. 
Nay, the clear sense of moral qu ..ity, 
And the universal fear of penn"i/, 
Incorporated in th? human min 1, 
"With many thousand other facls conbined^ 
Prove man was made for revelation's beam. 
And that this sacred Baolv's inspired for him.. 
Jn the ambient sides, earth, and awful main, 
"Where e'er we cast an eye with honest aim, 
And unperverted reason, lo! appear 
End(/rsements of the Book good men revere. 
1'ruly H o Heavens declare thy Glory," 
And all eart'i bespeaks Redemption's story. 
Yea on the tablets of our inner being 
Are written lines with this volume agreeing-.. 

And now tlie God of inspiration stands, 
And points throughout the earth to Bible lands. 
And, though ITis truth has been by creeds obscure<l- 
Andfrom tlie factious sects hath more endured 
Than from the heathen's rage and skeptic's sneer^; 
Ytt no unl)ibled lands with them compare. 

Ah ! the Truth is yet by miracles confirmed, 
What mighty v/orks of gra^e stout hearts have turne(£ 



2Sj faith. 

Ajk] wills, like iron shafts inflexible 

Before I he powei's of earth, yet meekly fall 

At the feet of Christ, neatli His Go>])e]V sway. 

When published through some pure, but J'eel^le clay. 

What hand but the Almighty could transmute 

Soul, mind and body, sunk beneath the brute, 

Profane, and debauched, a demonized dread, 

'J'o a loving saint, washed, and raised from tl;-^ dead? 

Yea! who else but the Infinite x\uthor 

Of man's prime holiness, is greater 

Than its despoiler, and doth raise again 

iHis soul to its pure primeval plain '.■ 

We need not speak of tlie healing power, 

That rescues the body in sickness' hour. 

That raises the sick from the bed of pain, 

^Jives sight to the blind, and strength to the lams. 

Th.ese kind touches of love we see, 

Ho common in cr vaing's effulgency. 

"While stamping truth on the living story, 

'i'li^y're trivial beside the grace and glory, 

That quicken the soul and the life of men. 

From the shades of hell, to a heaven begun. 

Aiil such are the fruits of an honest trust 

In the Book beloved by the pure and just. 

Ah ! let reason, sen^e and candor reply, 

Do .such result from believing a lie':* 



po:.::m-: of guacs A>r.:> tiu;t!i. 2ST 



Are iriiits so gentle, so lovely and good 
J*l licked from a tree that is only a 'raiid? 
All they that do rashly this Volume assail, 
And call it a false and fabulons tale. 
Have stultified i*easoii and good sense too. 
JMade falsehood the mother of all virtue. 
And an impostor, they are forced to confess 
Only can save :is, can com!brt and bless, j 
<) skeptic I thy vritcheries dark as the night, 
♦Spring i'roni an instilled hatred of the light. 
^And all your strained arguments and research 
To dispose of God, His Bible and Churcli 
'Bui prove that God is ; for if otherwise 
iSaught would exist to cliaie your oiergies 
Into sucli reslless effort to disjn'ove 
]Iis being, and undermined His Ijook of iove. 
s^o that Avliich you labor to overthrow, 
You. i!i mental side nee, pro7e to be true. 
Poor slaves ! driven by doubts and fears 
Through barren wastes of uncertainties! 
^Slaves to an empt}'' creed you wisli w'ere true, 
But AvoulcT give all the vrorld if you but knevv. 
But the Christian knows whom he hath believed. 
And the conscious knowledge of truth received, 

'•He is the freeman v/hom the t^utli makes tree. 
And all ere slaves beside. There's not a chain 



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That Iieliisli foes confederate for his liaiin 
Can wind around him, but he casts it off 
Witli as much ease as Samson his green withes. 
lie looks abroad into the vai'ied field 
Of nature, and tliough poor perliaps, compared 
.\Vitli those whose mansions glitter in his sight, , 
Oalls the deli_^ht.''ul sccaeiy all his own. 
His are the mounta.ins, and the vallej^s his, 
And the ^c^splendent rivers. His to enjoy 
With a propriety that none can feel, 
Ihit wb.o, with filial confidence inspired, 
Can lilt to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, 
And smiling say — "My Father made them allP* 
Are they not his by a peculiar right, 
And by an emphasis of interest his, 
Whose eye they fdl with tears of holy joy,' 
Whose heart vrith praise, and whose exalted mini 
With worthy thoughts of that unwearied love 
That planuVl, TvUd built, and still upholds a world 
So clothed with beauty, for rabeilious man ':? 
Yes — ye may fill your gai-ners, ye that reap 
The loaded soil, and ye may waste much gocd 
In senseless riot : but ye will not find ' 
In feast or in the chase, in song or dance, 
A liberty like his, who unimpeach''d 
Of usurpation, and to no man's wron^, 



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Appropriates nahiro as his Father's work,- 

And lias a richer use of j^ours, than you. 

He is indeed a freeman ; tree by birth 

Of no mean city, pkinn\l or e'er the hills 

Were built, the Ibuntains opened, or the sea 

"With all its roarin^i; multitude ol' waves. 

His fx-eedom is the same in every state ; • 

And no condition of this changeful life, ^ 

t!^o manifold in cares, whose every day 

Brings its own evil with it, makes it less: 

For he has win^s that neither sickness, pain, 

IN or penury can cripple or confine. 

No nook so narrow bat he spreads (hem there 

AVith ease, and is at largo. The oppressor holds 

His body bound, but knows not whit a range. 

His spirit takes, unconscious of a chain, 

And that to bind iiim is a vain attempt 

Y\n.om God delights in, and in whom He dwells. 

"Acquaint thj'self with God, if thou wouldst taste- 
His works. A^dmitted once to His cm]:r''''"^\ 
Thou shalt perceive t'aat t!iou was! bli.i /ore; 
Thine eye shall be in',tra.'t3d, an 1 t'aiuj iuart, 
Made pure, s'lall relisli v»'ilh divine delight 
Till (hen unfeit, what haiids divine have wrought.. 
Brutes graze tli3 mountain-top with faces prone 
And eyes intent upon the scanlv herb 



,2C') fait::. 

tJt yields them ; or, recumbent on ils brow, 

Kimiinate heedless of the scene outspread 
*BeBeath, beyond, and stretching far avv'ay 
^From inkmd regions to the distant main. 

Mioi yiews it and admires, but rests content 

With what lie views. The landscape has his praise, 
sBnt ijot its Author. UnconcernYl who formxl 

The paradise he sees, he finds it such, 
.AivA such well-pleased to find it, asks no more. 

2fol so tlie mind that has been, touch'd from Heaven, 
„x\iid in the school of sacred wisdom taught 
iToread His wonders, in whose thought the world, 
,¥'mT Sis, it is, existed ers it was. 
. Kot for its own sake merely, but for His 

Mncli more who fashionxl it, he gives it praise ; 
: Praise that from earth resulting as it ought 
' To earth's acknowledged Sovereign, finds at once 

Its only just proprietor in Him. 

"."Tell me, ye shining hosts 
...riiat navigate a sea that knows no storms, 

Beneath a vault unsullied with a cloud, 
iif from your elevation^ wheiice ye vitw 
. Distinctly scenes invisible to man. 

And system =i of whasB birth no tidings yet 
'.Have r?a<:li\l this nether world, ye spy a race 



poe:,i? of croACK and T?a:TTi, SOL 



'•v'''i Z 5 i^ ' v ' 'c irj ; ^ v^gjy y*** 



FavorYl as ours, transgressors I'rom tlie wombj 

And hasting to a grave, yet cTooni'd to rise. 

And to pos33S3 a brighter heaven than yours? 

As one who long detained on foreign shores 

Pants to return, and when lie sees afar 

His country's weather-bleachVl and batter'd rocks. 

From the green wave emerging, darts an eye 

Radiant with joy towards the h.appy land ; 

So I With animated hopes behold. 

And many an acliing wish, your beamy tires, 

'iliat show liki beacons in the blue abys;;, 

Ordained to guide the embodied spirit Jiome, 

From toilsome h'r'e to never-enling rest. 

Love kindles i;s I gaze. 1 I'eel des!r.\s 

Vlmt give assurance of their ova su-cess, 

And ihat iuCused i'rom Heaven must thither iencl." 

"■•So r?ads ho n iture whom tlie Limp of truth 
IUumin;dcs. Thy lamp, mysterious Wordl 
'W'Lioh wlioso se?s no longer wanders lost 
AViih intellects liemnzed in. endless doul.)t. 
'J>ut runs the ro.id of wis-lom. Thou hiast- built, 
With means that were iiot till by Thee employ'd^ 
M^orlds that had never been hadst Thou in strength 
Ikrcu less, or less benevolent than strong. 
Tiiey are Thy witnesses, wIk3 spiiak Tliy power 
And goo.lness iiilinite, but speak in cars 



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That licar not, or i333iv3 not t'l^ii" raport. 

In vain Thy cr^atnras leslily ol'Tii'^') 

1'il' Then p:'3cl:iim Thysjli". T.13. ^ .'s indeed 

A teac'hin;^ voice; but 'tis tlie pr.iie of Thine 

That wliom it t3ach3S it makes prompt to learn, 

And with th3 bjon gives talents lor its ns3. 

Till Thou art liearJ, imaginations vain 

Possess the heart, and fables false as hell, 

Yet deem VI oracular, luro dovrn to death 

The uninformM and heedless souls of man. 

We give to Ch;mc3, blind Chnnce, our.:^elves as blind, 

The --.lory of Thy Avorlc, which yet appears 

Perfect and unimpeachable of blam'3. 

Challenging hu::^ lu scrutiny, aul proved 

Then s'dh'ul m:)-;t \v!n:i most severely judged. 

But Chance is not ; or is not wh3r3 thou reign'st : 

Thy providence forbids tliat tickle power 

(If power she be that works but to confound) 

To mix her wild vagarias with Thy laws. 

Yet thus we dote, refusing while we can 

[nstructioji, anl inventing to ourselves 

<;ods such as guilt in ikes welcoms ; gods that sleep, 

l)r disregard oar follies, or tliat sit 

Amused spectators of this bustling stage. 

Tliee we reject, unable to abide 

Thy purity, till pure as Thou art pure,, 



PCE^rS CF GRACE AND 'J RUTH. *203 



^Tacle sncli by Thee, we love Thee for that cause 
For whicli we shun e and hated Thee before. 
Tlien we arj ,'r,o: tiieii liberty like d;iy 
Break'^ on the .■ o li, a i:l by a Ilasli from Heaven 
Fires a'.I l!i8 faculties with glorious joy. 
A voice i'3 heard t!r.it mcrial ears hear not 
Till Thou Ik-.-rt touche.l them; "tis the voice of song, 
A loud Hosnnna ;?nt from all Thy \vorks, 
AVhich he that h?cr; it wit'.i a s:io:;i; r3p3at3, 
And adds his raptura to the general praise. 
In that blest moment, Nature, throwing wide 
Her veil opaque, discloses with a smile 
The Author of hsr beauties, who, retired 
Behind His own creation, works unseen 
By the impure, and hears His power denied. 
Thou art the source and centre of all minds, 
'Their only point of rest, eternal Word ! 
From Thee departing, they are lost and rove 
At random, without honor, ho]3?, or peace. 
From Thee is all that soothes the life of man, 
His high endeavor, and his glad succ2S3, 
His strength to suffer, and his will to serve. 
But oh. Thou bounteous Giver of all good, 
Thou art of all Thy gilts Thyself the crown ! 
Give what Thou canst, without Thee we are poor; 
And with Thee rich, take Avliat thou wilt away."* 
*Cowioer. 



FiilTH WOEES BY LGYE. 

It is a voluntary action incited hij motives. 

And ii tliorefore moral'y right or wrong, a;,-corJing to 
whether the act springs fr.):n a goo 1 or bad motive 

Twc prominent elciKeats of faith ue wisli to Lring out i;i 
tliis sectu)n; namely, tliat i'aitli is a voluntar^^ act of the will, 
and that moral quality is a'ta;:lieJ t ) the act of falt'.i. 

"Faith worivs by h)ve," only acts wl;e:i the motives and af- 
fections incline the actio i. Tiie motives for or against a'l action, 
jire perfectly distinct frcnn t]i3 eviclei'.ces f or or against it. 
It is also a i'act that persons act on a proposition, with but litt'e 
evidence in its favor, and a strong preponderance of evidence 
n ■^dnstitwlien tiie action is in ll.e directi(ai of the'r ruii:igdesir, s. 
Also they refuse t) believ,.' wJien tlicre is an overwhiilming 
degree of evidence; 1 e'a'.i e thej' do not love tlie proportion. 
If the hvart and mind ar^ w iciced and siifi. ]i,*Iiey w i 1 believe a \i^ 
nndact accordingly, carefully shu aiing the evidenc s that expose 
Mjc lie. At tlic same tim:^ tie/ will di believe tlie trutli ihat 
stands opposite to ill ; (dierisiied liethaig'i they mu4 l.ib;;r to 
keep tiiclr eyes closed to the aiaridaiit evidences that jirove it 
truth. Or in scriptcre language,''th(y will m t come to tl e light 
because tliey love darl<ness,'';ii;d 'becar.s-e Iher deeds ; re e.ii." 
h'o the Indiefs in wlrch a man lives in this woild, clii.llyde- 
1 en 1 \\\M)\\ tiie i-ttate of his bear". 

It is a laoraily good act to beilieve and act upon that v h"c'i 
is a blob^in:; to ourse'ves and our fellows. Jt is a wiciied taitii 
tliat springs fr;im the promptiuis of sin and scbisl.n 's;. And 
since the religion of ( liri^t h .'■o manifestly llie source of a 1 
true ] appiness, notliiag but wickedness < f 1 cart could lead 
Dien to dl believe it. Therefore he that believeth i.oi ; hail be 
damned. 



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A TRUTH may gain assent against the ',vij], 
Hilt if the mind is all rebellious still, 
From that no act of faith will vet proceed, 
Until the heart embrac3 that truth indeed. 
Thougli light may force conviction on the niinij,. 
That is not faith; but when the Inart's inclined 
By an honest purpose to relinquish 
All its idols for the truth to purchase,. 
The will and intellect in candor weigh 
The evidences that in force array 
Themselves upon the side of truth, and so 
Acquaints himself with facts that hitherto- 
He care I not, or even willed not to see, 
Now, loving truth, acts on it willingly. 
This is faith ; an a:;t of free volition, 
If on Christ, resulting in salvati( n. 
lie chose to scan the facts that underh^y 
Suppos3d truth, willed to do it honestly, 
And when the mind was Ibrccd to give assent^ 
The wiir.s nrerogativc was to consent. 



S3'* IFAITH 



'Or still refiis} t^ ret upon the right, 

"Wliich, loving darkness rath3i- than the light, 

"He''d have done in spite o.' all conviction. 

'?.x>me much cherished lie, controling action. 
And when the mind perceives clear evidence 

■ Ortnitli, but acts not on the premises ; 
IjecaiisG he chooses not to love the same, 

' L-onfnsed and guilty, he begins to feign 
Excuses Ibi not acting in the right, 
Yea! wishes that th^ facts v^ere out of sight, 

ilnvites the devil in to help him doubt, 
Until the light of truth is all shut out 

' Tb3 sin-beclon.led mini, nnd iio surprise, 
lie's given up to credit s itan's lies : 
An3 '•'■having pleasure in unrighteousness," 

■Falls in a maze of scoffing vrickedness. 
So, in all the compass of its actions. 
If iji earth or Heaven's propositions, 
l>:i];eiring truth, or acting on a lie, 
Fiiitli acts from choice and not compulsory, 

Jidt when it springs from evidences clear, 

.And is inspired by motives good and pure, 
'Tis easy, graceful as the water's flow. 
Approved within, and blest wi^^h reason's glow.- 

-Not so the faith that's refuged in a lie ; 

-Ail its supports are seen by evil eye. 



POE^JS OF GEACE AND THUTU. 207 

Its prompting motive-s^omynn;godly lust, 
Tis a forced, restl.ss, and distorted trust. 
•"Failli works by love." Like the m'glity leaven. 
Is powerless until some heat is given. 
"Though in the meal, it is j^et motionless 
Until some genial warmth to a-i^tion bless. 
Ho God hath planted in each human soi.l,-<; 
Elements of faith that would make him whole,.. 
"Wera they not held in x)aralyzed suspense, 
By love of sin and vile concupiscence. 
But Avhich, as soon as love of truth obtains 
•Candid place within the heart and brains, 
"Will warm that germ of life to work-in him , 
A mighty transformation from all sin. 
Eaith works oji trut7>, but only works bj/ love. 
Inspired by love great mountains it can move. 
Yea, ail things are possible, in Gol's nam3, 
To him whose faith is fired by He.iven's flame. 
The latent faith of sinners cannot How ; 
Because unthawed b}^ love of truth : and so 
That faith distorted to believe a lie, 
•Can have no place where now the "evil eye'* 
Is gone, and where no love at all remains 
Eor any gilded falsehood hell ordains. 
So faith will follow where affections lead, 
Whether love of truth, or a sensual greed. 



5as . PAinr. 

Awaits tiiG moving of our inward bent, 
And worlvs according to the liearts consent. 
Worlcs by love, be it love of (Jod or sin; 
Works out in life whatever dwells "within. 
1^0 marvel then "the fool hath said in heart— 
And greater fools their shocking thoughts impart 
There is no God." JSo god but self they trust; ' 
l>ecausc they love no god but selfish lust. 
■^'No God 1" Since faith can onh^ work by love, 
-It cannot move toward the throne above, 
AVliile all the mind is filled with base desire 
^'ke heart with hellish lust is set on fire. ^ 

Because alfection's throne is in the lieart, 
Mere intellectual laith can't life impart, 
i^jnce Faith can only work by love indeed, 
lis work must from the seat of love proceed. 
.So if the gift of God men would receive, 
'I'liey must re^jent, and Avith the heart believe. 
Here rise the only mountains that obtrude 
Between the sinner and his faith in God. 
"^'Jiese mountains, which his love for sin create 
■^Vill c[uickly vanish when he turns to hate 
j-he sin and selfishness that kill his soul, 
And gives the love of truth his heart's control. 
So Avill all sinners find in Judgment's day 
I'hey loved a lie, and turned from truth away. 



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cir.Q 



5o'vved to lust and sin bv free volilion, 

And must reap tlieiv own in dark perdition. 

While tlie redeemed, lliougli conscious of the fact 

Their faith in God was all a free will act, 

[ii all justice, caunot to that ascribo 

Any marit, but to tli3 Crucified 

Give all glory, wdiD died and shsd His bloadi 

'i'o open mercy's pas?aga back to God. 

2^0 praise to him who takes a gracious boon. 

All praise to Him who bought it in the tomb. 




WEM' BOBS mm WORE? 



HERE all the infinite ranq:e of faith's trium[)]is and ackievw 
MJPMte lays open before us. Every noble and lieroic deed ou th« 
pages of sacred and ]irofane liistory offers itself as an answer t' 
the qneytion. But as time hastens us to & close, we can onlj 
tet a few riciints rosi:iond. 



WIIilT 330HS FiilTII EOHE?^ 



Bkf.^.e the glorious Sim an 1 AIooii wore ibriasc!. 
Or a single star immensity a4().Med, 
God, "who irxhabiteth eternity," 
In love and wisdom chose thiv tliere should be 
[Material worlds throughout His boundless space. 
That He miglit bless creation with Plis grace. 
i\nd, conscious ot His own Omnipotence, 
Believed Himself in power to call them hence. 
To speak into being shining orbs so lair, 
3[ake substances from nsuiglit tliat did appear. 
He spake. And "through His I'aith the worlds wcare 

framed.' 
Tlieir glorious song the power of faith proclaimed. 
And yet they seem in harmony to swell 
This song, -All things by faith are possible." 
'^ By i'aith God spake, and light from darkness sliorne 
So in the soul, where sinful nigiit hatii throwa 
Tlie dismal shades of hell, and black despair, 
Salvation, grasped by taitJi, shines sweetly there. 
Yea ! shines a cr3'stal morn, a peaceful dawn, 
A day of blits whose Sun shall ne\rgo down. 



S02 FAiTir. 

Faitli Avorks knoAvlodgo, nnbars the iron doors, 
Tl:;it hokl ill sacred trust her goklen stores. 
Wlie]i erst our eye the teacher's pointer met 
On tlie first letter of tlie Alxiliabet, 
Jn gentJe loving- tone we heard him say 
lis name, and we by faith responded, "A." 
Then one by one, pronouncing as lie did, 
IJjitil the Alphabet throughout was .said. 
And repeating daily, -till all Avere learned. 
We, by faith, tliis iirst stock of knowledge eai'ned. 
I>nt an urcliiji deeply dipped in skeptic dye, 
AYoiild doul)tless face the teaclier and deny. 
Y/onld not receive iro:n any one that knew. 
Until vvithin himself lie\l lound it trne. 
5^0 skeptic logic would dispenso Avitli schools, 
And leave t!ie world inhabited by fools. 
But nay, a cliild is not of sense so void, 
As not to judge the man that is employed 
lo teach is taught, and will not him misguide: 
?o does inqdicitly in him confide. 
*vccepts each lesson on the teacher's trust, 
And turns to knowledge wliat was i'aith at I'lst. 
As he ascends upon the steps of lore, 
Ivich lesson learned by laith adds to his store, 
• .d" knowledge, which is capital increased, 
Kiiabling laith more laruelv to invest. 



rOKJ].? or GRAOK .^ND TJUJTil. 



As we by faith our Avis;loni's umd acquire, 

So knowledge doth in turn our I'aith inspire. 

xVnd from these facts we draw an evidence 

That nnbehef proceeds froin ignorance; 

Wiiile ignorance holds sway through unbelief. 

'Tliese keep each, and posses::or dumb and deaf. 

For Jie that believeth notliing Hill he knows, 

Knows notliing, and his stupid e^'cs shall close 

'On life in desolation's, emptiness. 

Yet ono exception we would here confess. 

He may have piclied up, on the shores of time, 

A few trilling shells, and indeed a line 

Pearl or two, by slieer acci.liut. 

]>ut all thus gathered were incompetent 

To avert a gen'ral desolation 

Of the stagnant world in every nation. 

Paith works by love, and knowledge is its Jiire. 

"Twas faith that did th;it sailors heart inspire 

With persevering ])lea irom throne to throjie, 

Por aid to navigate the se^as unl:nowji. 

llnng seven years upon the court of Spnin. 

Blulfed in Portugal, England' Prance, his plan 

Still burned with unmitigated i'erver, 

Till his suit obtained the Spanish favor. 

lie launched l)y faith, undaunted by tlie .*iioers 

'Of all Ihc world. Pndured by faith the fears, 



'iOi- TAITK- 



The threats, and murmurs of his fellows, 
fleeing land by faith, beyond the billows. 
And faith lield on until it turned to sight, 
Hrought th:- knowledge of a new world to light. 

'T\vi\s faith sent Franklin's kite the cdouds amid_ 
To bottle secrets tliat ))eI'ore were hid: 
Sh.e caught tlie swift lightnings that rend the skies^ 
And brouglit knowledge for man to utilize. 
j^aith launclied tlie might.y steam-boat on the main^ 
Put wings of liglitning on tlie Hying train. 
l!ea, all the triumphs o^' inventive skill, 
"Were wrought by faith, througli muscle, mind and 
j\nd, like t':e rolling billows of the deep, [will. _ 
Have laid new pearls of knoAvledge at our feet. 
13 ut the faith that Avorketli information, 
JV^ust put forth upon, a proposition 
That is true ; or else .no ac{j[uisition 
Of wealth or wisdom can award its action. 
I Tad God ne'er made this western Continent, 
A laith tiiat searched would unrequited went. 
So the Atheist believes there is no God. 
Believes, but lives through life beneath the fog 
Of painful haunting dark uncertainty ; 
Yet blind; because believing in a lie. 
TJie infidel, through worldly lust and pride, 
Jielieves the Bible is a spurious guide. 



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t"--'7' ^' . uT^V*-iuii--^V''-r r="3''«r: c'-"-j-" ' -_ ' ^V'^ ' iLLJ-^V^ ' ^'Muu-'V ' "* 

Hut his lliitli no'cr works a (Iciiionsl ration, 
'Till liis eyes are ()j)eiiecl m perdition. 
So trusting lies dispels no ignonincc. 
But leaves the soml drift on in inlej-ejicc. 
True there will yet be a demonstration 
Of skeptic's faith, but imfonnatioii 
Derived will come too late to profit by. 
Save judgment's cure of infidelity. 

A contrite soul knovv's not what God Vv'ill do, 
But, promised paivlon, ho believes it true. 
He bows, repents, prays, in his heart believes, 
And, lo! that instant pardoning grace receives. 
lie but grasped a trut'ifalproposition, 
And faith wrought ''■ilie knowled^/e of salvcUidttV' 
Ere long he feels a hunger yet within, 
And conscious evil bents infiict a sling. 
lie hears the testimony of the pure, 
And hungers for the fulness more and more. 
'•Be yo lioly,'' perfect i^s your Father," 
These, and many scriptui-es blend together, 
In sweet provisions ibr that perfect love 
His soul intensely thirRts and waits lo prove. 
He believes, dies to sin, and ])nys the price^ 
And Heaven seals the perfect sacrifice. 
Seals it with the Spirit's testim(<\y, 
Crying, "Holy 1 •' "Holy ! ! " Soul and body. 



5G(» - ~ .- FAiTir. 



j©^ 



Kere faitli Jiirain is turned to 2;lcrici^s ?ii'ht: 

'A ■ 

-li-Ti inward knowledge that tlie soid is wnite. 
Jn every fiber speaks the voice of God, 
-^JI --'Holy 1'' '-Holy ! !" through the x^recious blood. 
No more he hopes, believes, the j)romise true ; 
But knows and feels it burning through and through. 
S'o faith brings knowledge in the things Divine 
As dear, yea, more sure, than in tilings of time. 
Iscei there be an unbelieving sinner, 
Witii a book of thirty thousand ever 
Open promises, for any one to test? 
■ Ti&t some great Genius claim that he Avere blest 
Witli over thirty thousiind recipes. 
That cover all our deep necessities. 
Healing for the sick, and sight for the blind; 
Hearing for the deaf, comfort to the mind. 
A lalm to heal the wounded soul from siu. 
Extract from guilt and death their bitter sting. 
Give strength to the weak, rest from every care, 
Aiiti jo3^- to the heart long chaiiied in despair. 
A remedy sure for each mortal woe, 
For passions infernal that rage and glow. 
Give blessings just suited to every need, 
On conditions all easy and just indeed. 
"Why should a mortal then suffer in pain, 
. Aad leave untested such wonderful claim? 



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irtli3 giM^io'.n [ini':)"ri?3:n3;i':s slionld be so, 
'i'were your interest to test and provo tlieni true. 
Or if a fraud, way not fast it and know, 
Its falseliood by trial would readily show. 

And, lo! such a Binefactoi* has conio! 
An angel of msrjy from Heaven's throne, 
"With healing in Ills wings lo eartli descends. 
And, Behold ! in our midst He meekly stands, 
Crying, "Come unto me; sad hearts I will gladden. 
"Come all yc weary and heavy laden. 
'•Come, ye shall find rest for your lroul)led soul, 
■•'Your griefs Idl carry, broken hearts make whole. 
^'xVud the foL^s of thy soul I will destroy, 
"Give beauty for ashes; the oil of Joy 
"For thy mourning, and tho gu-:n:'nt of praise ; 
••And great p?ai.'e si nil attend t'.iy pilgrim daya. 
•^Tea more ihan thine eye of fancy can see, 
"If thou wilt believe and come unto me, 
''V.dihout money or price, I will do I'or thee. 
''•Alore? A'^ea, exceedingly abimdantly." 
Thus the thirty one thousand promises 
Of His Heavenly Book do advertise. 
Vriiy in perplexity linger lo know 
1l these gracious tidings be true or Jio '^ 
iSee, every promise doth open a door 
Thee to enter aiil for thyself explore. r 



so:; TAiTj. 



feyV«cr;7'yy «e:^„-j,j V w^j ry 



Ill's Loiio:- is staked upon ever/ word. 

On each pTO:iii33 mast staad or lall the Lord. 

But he cries unto all, ''Come taste and see, 

'■Come try me, and prove me, and thou shalt bo 

'•Convinced I am mighty to save, and so 

"The Truth of my proffers thy heart shall know." 

Thus the volume of God is open thrown, 

And if it were false it could soon be known. 

But where in the sea of humanity, wide. 

Is one to be found who thoroughly tried, 

And met its conditions all pura and good, 

And proved it not truly the Book of God ? 

No witness can rise 'neath the heaven's blue 

And aver that he knows the Book's untrue. 

While all who have tested its remed}^, 

By their faith in the Truth have been made free. 

With uplifted hands, and face aglow, 

They shout, Hallelujah! Fm saved! I hiow! 

What a fund ol knowledge their faith hath wrought,. 

While the skeptic's faith hath gathered naught. 

'And why not believe in the truth so high? 

Because they believe, yes "believe a lie." 

And now let us see \vh:it lli ;t f if'i h \\\\ do:i3, 
The believii\- Hint \J.j^'xi^\c& God's Zow. 
Sure as the heart that confides in the Lord, 
Believes not the devil a single word, 



POaio OF GKACS AND TRUTn. 309 



'So sure he believing not Christ Divine,. 
In tl:e devil is trusting all the time. 
Pure Eve, the mother of all ihe living, 
jS'ever doubted the warnings God had given, 
'Till believing the words of hell's devise ;• 
■So all doubting truth is intrusting lies, 
All the just do live by faith, very true. 
So the wicked by faith tlieir course pursue. 
Not a lost man walks wliere the tidings shine 
But by faith in error he lives in sin. 
True grace and glory, and every blessing 
God offers to all, but the ibolish listen 
To the blinding song of earthly mammon, 
And like Eve discredit high Ileav'ns laruni. 
Trust hell to-day, j)resume for the morrow, 
And "pierce themselves th]'ough with many a sorrow." 
Through faith in satan neglect salvation. 
And drown their souls in hopeless perdition. 
The young are warned by their aged sires, 
To flee from the serpent of "^ain desires. 
The Bible bids high for tlieir youthful days. 
And virtue would lead them in pleasure's ways. 
Give riches and honor and sweet content, 
And crown them in Pleaven, with their consent. 
'i"it'y l)eliold that righteousness tends to life, 
-'. .k1 .-ia.'ul indu]";ciiCG to mis"nes rl!G. 



oil) FAITIE 



fc?-v -v ag^ v ' *g;j '^'«gsy V 



But they listen to 'witcliing songs of fame, 
Or the pleasiu'3s of sin enchant their -brain. 
And pride chimes in with her llattering tong'a9. 
Reason fails, he believes, is swept along 
*'In the course of this world," and hopeless dies ; 
Lost forever through faith in satan's lies. 

When's tlie time to be saved ? Shall wisdom say I 
Loud she cries from Heaven, "to-ilay !" "to-day ! I" 
Lo ! now is salvation's accepted time ! 
To-day while thy reason and breath are thine I 
Do ye hear it, ye earless who persevere 
In sin ? Why then to satan still give ear ? 
Ah! such is the leaning of mm depraved! 
Discrediting truth by evidence paved, 
Yea ! truth which his reason and highest good 
All vindicate loudly ; and true mandiood 
Would choose for her building, her onlj- ground. 
But rashly believing the soothing sound 
Of demons all harping, "not now," "not now!!" 
There is time enough yet, why need you bow?" 
This folly believes, and without one proof, 
And from heavenly counsel stands aloof. 
Sd the wicked by faith hold on their way, 
"With the torments of h3ll their faith to pay. 
Yea whatever the hook or crook may be. 
That keeps him unwilling to bow the knee, 



POL:.:s vh' GRACE AKX: TRUTH. 



'Tis failli in Ihc cTevil who brcallicd. tlic lie, 

Just as truly as saints 0:1 God rely, 

When they venture their souls upon Ilis will, , 

And follow their Lord in self denial. 

Then Mr. Skeptic just please remember, 

You live in sin by faith in j^our father, 

As much as the saint, you call weak minded . 

Believes in the truth of God, well found. 

If counted weakness of mind to rely 

On the Infinite God, who cannot lie. 

Have ye an occasion your minds to praise, 

Trusting in satan the father of lies? 

True you knov/ not your father as do we, 

Since from his dark thralldom our souls are free.. 

And as to our Father, Creator of all. 

Ye never have l^nown Him, else v/ould ye fall 

At the feet of His Son, and life implore. 

And, saved cut of darknesa, His name adore. 

But men slight God in the pride of their hearts.. 
Oft wishing His favor when life departs. 
Some vaunt in health their infidelity 
But wake to sober thoughts and honesty 
To call on God — alas ! sometimes too late — ■ 
When api^roaching doom reveals their awful state. - 
As did the blind fool-hearted Tuttle 
Who was the devil's active shuttle 



FAlTn. 



To weave, tliroiigli life, a web of lies, 
He A\'is!.e.l in bitter tears hs'd ne'er devised. 
"Wlio wrote and for.med in maddened strife, 
v\gainst the liol}^ saving Book of life. 
TJien boAved at last when old and gray, 
i^ncl tried in bitterness of soul to pray 
-At the public altar in the tent3d camp, 
All doctrines of the devil he did fain recant. 
Biit deeply blinded in the v»'ay of self- dam nation 
Hislialc' 'waked soul gras]:ed not expiation. 
And so failed the faith of the diest Paine, 
Wlien on his death-bed imploring the name, 
Of God for help, and the Lord. Jesus Christ. 
So fails the faitli of all sinners at last. 
In this, or in the awful world unseen, 
liiey'll awake in woo, from thoir life's dark di'eam. 




PUSH'S APPEAL TO im FHIBHDS 



"Why should I yet be "wounded in the liouso of my irienasv"' 
— Zech. 13: G. 

"How lonz "^'ill this people provoke me? and how long' 
will it be ere they believe me." — Xnm 14: 11. 

"Do ye now believe ? "—John 16 : IG. 

"If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established"'— 
Isa. 7 : 9. 

Therefore "Bdieve in the TiOrd your God, so shall ye be es- 
tablished; believe His prophets so shall ye prosper." — 3 
■Chron.20: 20. 

"While ye have the light believe in the light." -Jno. 13:3a 

"He that believetli not shall be damned '" — Mark 16: 16". 

"He that believeth on me hath everlasting life." — Jno. G:4^7 

"Believest thou this?"— Jjio. 11 : 27. 

"Unto you that believeth He is precious." — 1 Peter 3; 7- 

THereforo "Be not faithless but bolieviug."— Jno. 20: 27. 



HiTH'B mmi fo HBE ?mmz. 



Heah, O friends ! m^'^ plaintive and cliidinp; songl 
Why liang on the borders of doubt so long? 
t) "ivill ye grasp my Iiand, and x^ligbt your love 
To my Autiior, and tliine, who stands above 
JVll just occasion for the doul)ts and fears 
Which 3^e so often thrust like cruel .'p^ars 
Jnto His bleediug lieart. For ye should know, 
IVhen piercing ni3, ye wound ni}'' Author too ! 
Yea more, drive the dagger in your own l>reast. 
And disquiet your souls from ])eace and r^st, 

llatli our Lord exacted too much of thee, 
III that faith, so simple, that sets thee free? 
3])oes not sat an, meanly clisguised, 
liold all his children lo'Ciedit his lies ? 
And the crafty old world of sin and lust, 
Demands of his children implicit trust 
In all his ten thousand arts to deceive. 
His humbugging show-bills many believe, 
Thongli badly bitten eveiy time they bite. 



rOELlS OF GIIACK AND TRUTH. C15 

Tiie next vanntod bauble is suroly all rig;lit. 

No ibol on earth is so crodulous crazed 
As tlio nun w]iOo3 faith is so wildly raisL^d, 
'.I'hat it cliniljs over wonderl'ul lacLS that riso, 
Like Heaven-lit mountains, above the skies, 
liebuking the madness of sinful man 
Wiio, trusting in fables rejects God\s plan. 
To reconcile all the stupendous elie-jts, 
'I'liat faith in the Gospel alway^ begets, 
Willi the skeptic's cry, '-Its only fable," 
Taxes credulity x'nore than double 
Mnongh to sinanount all the hills that look 
So dark 'Iwixt their re;ison anl Heaven's bO'":Iw 
Hills that r.re mirag d r.xTO.i their eyes, 
I)y the magic of hell in dee^) disguise. 
So the InMers faith and sha n pretense, 
Strains credulity and racks common sense. 

But why should a friend ol" truth be slow 
To venture on the Koek, so tried and true '^ 
Yea, venture his all, and forever more, 
Upon the foundation l;e knows is sure. 
Why "devils themselves believe and tremble."" 
should men in folly their souls yet gamble, 
Tea, barter to hell 'neath a doubt and fear 
lo brook the dragon, or his subject's sneer I 
O Why to the father of lies give car, 



c:3 TM-i/ 

When lieVT slit, ot m's2;Iviii3;T witliin lliy l^reast., 
That ris9 from (lie feelings ]ie hath depressed? 
Have ye not learned that no inward Irame 
Is the gTOiihd of laith, but, ever the same, 
The truths of Heav^^n are beneath thy soul ? 
_And Ho that hath ransomed will keep tliee whole. 
Then seek not emotion?, nor dig the ground 
*Of Ihy feehngs, to see if th}^ faith is sound. 
Jf emotions sweet in thy bosom rise, 
IBless the hoav'nly o:lors, l.)ut yet be wise, 
And mount not upon their ethereal wings, 
IBnt stand upon Truth, where faith ever sings. 

j'inally, solemnly, friends of the Truth ! 
If sound in the faith, let thy works show forth. 
'Thy soul in sin, with thy hope shall perish, 
If a selfish aim thy heart would cherish. 
Abhor all evil, walk in love, and crown 
'The Triune God in thy bosom alone. 
;if ^'the work of faith, with power' and love,,. 
And much heavenly fruit, thy life appi'ove. 
Then low in the dust of self-denial, 
And , meek ejidurance in every trial, 
Taith^hall bless thy life to the good of all, 
"Where the light of thy soul like sun-beams fall, 
On the hearts that sigh 'neath the shades of death; 
And deserts shall blossom by thv touch of faith. 



ror.:.::- of oaAci; a-td it.UvII. 



Si: 



A,n (In world p1i?11 vickl (o tliy reign of grace, 
And darkness sli 11 ilee irom before thy face. 
"While angels of glory shall bless thy path 
And all Heaven shall crown thy fijiht of faith. 

Allien! 



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MEMORIALS. 



^UlL 



K^^^ 

<£ 



^^^^iND is slie gone ? dear Celia gone? 
■"'■S^^il Such news -would tax credulity 
^WvT^C^ADid not the Spirit's previous tone, 



t; 



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^fti? 



Toll in our bosom mournrully, 
le tliouglit, "she's leit this morl 
And Ave shall see her i'aco no more. 



t<^/6Mf^ The thought, "she's leit this mortal clime, 



Until Ave pass the bounds of time, 
And meet upon Celestial shore." 

Twas in our heart to lur.e our Irro, 

To sing tliy cheerlul wediling day; 
But (leLts 1 re made b/ fond desire. 

More than our lleetiiig time can [^ay ; 
So now vv'e sing our mournful l;iy, 

Anotlier epoch fc lIcAved soon. 
■^o Ihy ];oor soul a briiililcr day 

Tlian thr.t. avIru l)'e<t lesitle lli_y groom. 
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ro::.is rr gi;.'ci': ais"d tihiii. o19 



The Avillior orilicse feeliiii: licnrts, 

Chides not aUections itowini!; tears; 
Dut witli them sooth iiiLi" balm imjiarts. 

And in His amis of love ITc bears 
Poor nature's heavy l.iuvden up : 

iSo Avlien bereavements press onr niip'' 
Gi'ace drops such sweetness in the cup. 

That even llien ^ve cumila't ilnd. 

Ijiit is siie iini"^, whose heart e'er burned 

"\Vitli si'icli devoted iervent zeal? 
To bless mankind lier spirit burned 

Wished every heart b'ol's love might sea!. 
"AYJio thought no saerilice on earlli too dear, 

iS'o painful toil and carj tco great 
Tlvit all this Avorld th3 truth miglit hear, 

And gain redemplion's blis^fu] stati. 

■O sister, while thy eyes l^eheld 

Wliat e'er thy willing ban's cnidd do, 
Ts'o needed rest thy lbotste])s held, 

Xo moderation coukb.t thou know. 
II garding not thy slender i'rame — 

To pious toil so passionate — 
Till thy eivfeebled limbs relVaiuorT 

To execute fliv hear,', m-in.^--; e. 



32 } MEMORIALS. 



But liath God quenched that ardent thirst 

To labor in the Lord's employ? 
Her active soul in Paradis3 

With rest alone would seom to cloy. 
Nay, ibrmed to conslaiit action here, 

Wliich to our Father honor brin<>;s, 
The soul will liiid sweet labor there, , 

And swifter still untold her wings. 

iSo we conclude our sistd'; heart, 

Where iilowod such wondrous zeal and love,. 
Is not coinpelled with them to part, 

Since goa3 fVom ear,!! to realms above; 
But Jesus saw her laithfulness, 

And, 7ieeding en His higher plain, 
One tried and true in holiness, 

Made choice to call dear Celiacs name. 

And He who placed to her rev.^ird, 

Much labor freely given Him, 
Saw lit, in kindness to award 

Her soul with patient months of pain. 
Tho' oft the prayer of laith was poured 

Around her wasted stricken form, 
ivelief wfis temporal ; for the Lord 

Would have her in His better home. 



rni .\is o^ (,i;.\cz ax;) T:;uTri. 

ITow gone from us, but she's not deiid, 

Despoiled, 'tis true, lier house of clay; 
But when that sacred spot you tread, 

Methinks you'll hear an angel i^ay, 
"She is not here, to her was giv'n 

A life that soars above the tomb." 
The auge's bore her sate to heaven, 

Free from mortal pain and gloom. 

When sickness had already cast 

Its waning paleness on thy cheek. 
God folded thee witliin t!ie breast 

Of love, connubial, warm and deep. 
Tliank Ileav'n for this provision, kind 

To bless, support and coml'ort thee. 
On whose strong arm tliy li!'e declined, 

Till from thy sullering body free. 

God bless yon, brother, now bereft 

Of her so dear to you, and all. 
To cheer thy Iieart tliis boon is left, 

'Twas thine to give, at Heaven's call, 
.A sacrilice so par.unonnt. 

Beloved on earth, and welcomed homOj 
To glory ''s bi'ight els'siaii jnonnr, 

By all tlic angels round tli-j throne. 



?23 HEMOni.'.LG. 

O God console Ihfit heart to-day 

That weejDS far, in the floral west. 
"Where love's fine tendrils torn away 
Are bleedinji; mournful in tho breast. 
. A sister land, her sister weeps. 

Bless her, O Lord, and all the friends. 
While Celia walks the golden streets, 
Where all our bitter weeping ends. 

Dear Celia's gone ! How sad the news 

Dear saints ! this mourning Trumpet brings. 
Tlje hands that dropped refreshing dews 

Ux^on its flying angel wings. 
And toiled so hard to set the lines 

That bnrned upon your hearts with love, 
Inspired your souls a thousand times, 

Has gone to blissful toils above. 

"Tea sad indeed to us it seems! 

Yet would it not be sellislmess, 
.Did we not bless her boundless gains, 

Since she has lived the world to bless? 
Ah! we will always cherish Jiere 

Her sacred name in memory, 
.And ever heep our title clear 

To meet her in tho henvenlv. 



i\nd gTacions God! O bless t:q pray ! 

Dear Rhoda's kind ap.d weeping lieart 
AVJio toiled with her in harnio:iy : 

How sad that tlieso deur oiiss must pjart'. 
'Twas meet, dear child, that yo;i sliould be 

AVith Geiia to her peaeei'ul end. 
To l)less her with t!iy symp.dhy, 

And every coni'brt to extend. 

Tliese four 3'ears lal^er, lianJ hi hand. 

Knit thy ^■-"-"o hearts forever one. 
Cod give thee grace yet firm to <<tand. 

Until thy h)l)or too is don?: 
Tlien — how sweet to contemplate 

That morning when the truni}) shall sound, 
"W'iien you sliall in immortal state, 

Embrace, and be togetlier crowned! 

Tlifse tlioughts, sugg^.sted l)y Iier IWe, 

^\'e give to worl^ers ]n her stead, 
Be diligent, lest la))ors rife 

.Accunndaling, grieve the dead. 
Lut let us a.!so ])rolit by 

'I'he dear one's over- reaching toil :] 
These holy temples, born to die, 

O crush not iirematuro with inoil. 



i9A :Mi-::.i iuau 



Let all tills office s;icred be 

To lliiu who called our lovo.l on high. 
Each spot recalls her memory. 

Each object here that greets tho eye, 
By Celiacs hands is sanctilled, 

^Vlio Iiandkd th:-m in Jesu::,' nnniG; 
And now with holy angels gloriiied, 

Love^ yet tho truth these type j)roclaim. 

Ah! now i!ivcrc tho column rules, 

And dress the Tiiu3ip;^T sad v»dth ciap3, 
That all vrho read, may Icnow it ieels, 

And weeps the loss of i'riend so great. 
Tier artful lingers shall no more 

Set up its many vocal peers, 
Kor shall her auxious heart yet poiu* 

Upon its sheets her ico.st'ning tears. 

Her gentle voice so fme and sweet, 

The Trumpet oi-gan's highest key, 
Is singing now at Jesus' feet. 

With Heaven's joyl'ul minstrelsy. 
O could we near the pearl.y gate, 

And listen to her ransomed song, 
Our souls would more felicitate, 

Tile bliss of that immortal one. 



mlj ana^ Wi"li= 



'iim^m LET tliem i:;o to iJio Savior's arms. 



y'mif 



]^l^^0^ihi Him who ealleth thy little ones, 



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\1^)^^ Close to His shelterinir side. 



■^^^KT He never iiitJicts a willing; paiii' 
,;p''V Within a sorrowing hr^ast; 

Eiit to our highest eternal gain 
His rod in wisdom is blest. 



O let them go! When the angels came 

To bear sweet Lily above, 
They saw dear Willie, and bore his name 

Up to the mansions above. 
Then Heaven was ^leased and wished himthe'^ 

Lest time his innctcence sting, 
And lest the terrene his beauty mar, 

Sent back the augels for him. . 



rjE^roKiAL: 



tv V ' M.a gB^-ygssg' ^ tsi^s * ^^ <ima. yx 



O lei; ilieiii go! for tli3 eartli is dai-k, 

And thi! liters tliic!cly iiiinon 1 
VVliero pleasaris c'lirm 111.13' t^"'- s^^'pcnt lurk, 

'Tis well li.'c's evils are stemmed ; 
Fov sin doth spread like a miglity Hood 

Q-er all our slumbering race. 
Tlumk God! lliev"re gone to a safe abode 

A sweet and Heavenly place. 

O let them go ! for pity liatli S2en 

Some cruel tempest aliead, 
Some blast of woe, or bitter-most stream, 

To which their journey had led. 
God took them in comjiassion from time 

As lambs unspotted, ungrimed. 
O couldst thou know His mMjious design 

Thy heart wero lully resigned. 

Yes, let thom go to the better land! 

No grief can follow thom there. 
AVe know, O Jesus! Thy loving hand 

Took them to Her.ve ily care. 
I'heir voice is hushed, and their gentle treacl, 

JS'o more tlieir p e ;ence we see : 
I'et weep we not ever them as dead, 

Who live more hapjiy than Ave. 



^o,.:n cr G?tACK an;.) TnrTn. ^5T-' 



Ah ; let them go i tlio' we miss (hem here. 

Dear Falhe:-, bestow Thy iirace ! 
Our eye;^. tlioii^j;h dimmed by ad'ectioirs tear. 

"W'ould sc-c 'ihy com fori ing J'ace; 
In all Thy ])rovidence Jove conress, 

And seek to lionor Tliee more, 
That we may ibllow. and meet in bliss, 

Our loved ones ]uissing beiore. 

let tliem go from the house of clay ! 

Sweet- uncnged spirits, go home ! 
Nor let tliy thought yet in anguish stay 

Around their mouldering tomb. 
Lift up thy hiith from allliction's vail, 

And by her ^"ision beh.old 
Thy darling ones over deatli prevail, 

Li briglit ethereal ibid. 

O let them go: in this mortal clime 

We cannot ever remain : 
Life lingers not in the bonds of time, 

But seeks eternity's plain. 
And death is but a shadow between 

All pilgrims holy and pure, 
And their sweet hope's enrapturous scene- 

Beyond time's beautiful shore. 



Clara Belle*. 



Xi EAR Clara Belle, 
ji^^ Thou tiny bud 
T"is well with thee, 

At home witli God. 
All infant sweet, 

lias lelt lis lone, 
A chei'ub bi-iuht 

Shines at the throne, 

O were the vail 

Withdrawn that ■\Ye 
'Our little Belle 

On l!i2,h could see, 
Tlie beauty of 

Tiie robe she wean. 
Would be enough 

To, dry our tears. 

iSo while we miss 

The darling ray 
That shone Avith U3 

So brief a day. 
We bow to Him 

Who gave the 1)0011. 
And took again, 

Alas ! so soon. 
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POEMS OF GlIACK .VXD TltUTII. o2U 



This earth is dark ! 

Our days are iew ! 
We must embark 

And follow too, 
Across the tide 

That lies between 
This mortal stride, 

And future scene. 

"While Ave jet have 

A little space, 
On earth to live, 

O save by grace ! 
That we at last, 

May come and dwell, 
In endless rest, 

With Clara Eelle. 



Bister Ida Spacky. 

^^O death, as named and feared by man^ 
^^ Is to the saints a hallowed rest; 
What joy and peace attend the scene! 
A soiil by angel arms embraced! 

How bcaiitifiii iu Jesus' f-ight, " ' 

The slee]) of all the holy ones I 

We hear a voic(} iVrim Heaven "write* 

How bless'd the dealli of Zion's sons." 



v>30 iiie:,ioriai.3. 



The spirit goes to God at once, . 

The conscious, aiul tlie rea! liifiii; 
The grave will yield its treasure up:; 
And glory crown the blessed plan. 

"The sting ofdoatli is only sin. 
Bat. iliU salvation sweeps it all; 

Oi praise the Lord for victory, 

That leaves the grave no dread appjill! 

Death's kingdom is al^olished quite. 
His sting removed in Jesus blood. 

We Avaks and sleep in Heaven's light. 
And live together with the Lord. 

Tlie promise and the love of God, 
A sweet and full assurance give, 

That we shall reign in conscious good, 
While God the Son, and tiither live. 



Pdkx Beebe, 




ri! seo upon that traiicinil brow, 
The glow of Hftaveii's pdace! 

A pledge that Father's Spirit now 
Has found a sweet release. 

How lieaiitilul in Jesiis' sight, 
The sleep of holy saints ! 
Yea, saith the voice from Heaven, "\yrite, 
Blessed be their rest from hence!" 

'JJie house tliat lojig was quickened by 
Dear lather's nu'isomed soul, • ; 

Dissolved tind l^^tf his spirit lly 
To its immortal goal. 

His bended form AveMl sc^e no mOre, 
Nor trembling voice will hear, 

But treasured in our mem'ry's store, 
We hold his virtues dear. 



His walk Avas gentle, froe from slirifa, 
His pilgrim rol)es like snovr, 

The fragrance of his liol}^ life, 
Still lingers here below. 

oo J 




lx'ih.ui: L. Morgan, 



GENTLE Hand, unseen by us, ', 
Has plucked our sweetest bud. 

By this alone our grief is blessed, 
It was the hand of God. 



In all our hearts He planted deep, . 
TJiis precious little one. 
As forth He takes His own we weep, 
But say, Tliy will be done. 

No care was lavished here in vain, ' • 

[Jj)on this plant of love. 
TJiough soon removed, he'll bloom again. 

In sweeter form above. 

O gentle one! we miss thee here! 

Sweet form we love so well ! 
But in our Father's better care. 

We kno\v the child is well. 

Would not our, griofffo?0v"er How 

Upon his silent ton-tb,; ;', " . 
Did not our liearts this comfort know, 

We'll meet in glors' l-oo3i. 
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lOEMS OF GRACli AND TULTN. S3i 

O Jesus! Thou liast died for us, 

And for our darling too. 
We'll trust Tliee in each providence, 

Thy love is ever true. 



The siiliject of . these lines practicfcl medicine fifly years 
Was snveel in his last years His organ of time was so accural* 
tlij t at any time, by (l:'iy or by ni,t;hfc."he could tell the time o? 
day, usually to the minute. So \ve were informed by his IrieEda. 

'RESITS took the pilgrim home, 
^ His weary life and sufferings o'er; 
"And now m}^ children, Avill you come? 
And meet me on the golJen shora. 

Master of the passing timo, 
i Yet heeding not its golden hours. 

Till but few, alas! were mine. 

And wasted quite my nohlc powers." 

Knowing well the time of day, 
But weighing not it's value great^ 

Many years have run away, 
In my lost, and eiiing state. 



MEMORIALS. 



like the miller flitting round, 

The dazzling lamp, exposed to flamo, 
Humans tread on danger's ground ; 

Much blinded by earth's gilded lame. 

Wisdom sees what others loose, 
And profits by their folly Jj^^st,^ 

Will you then salvation choose ? 
That no regret may sting at last. 



■ Sister Baxah ¥, Ma?, 

^ HE died a saint, well satisfied 
^ That grace she, longed to know, 
And precious blood she wished applied, 
II ad washed her white as snow. 

Tis well she cherished, warm and true, 

A love for truth Divitie. 
And always wislied that bliss to know, 

winch holy hearts enshrine. 

The hand of God can ne'er withdraw 

And leave an lionest so il. 
Who holds the Book of Go 1 in awe, 

And longs to le nn.de wliole. 



rCE.MS OF GllACF, AND TrvUTIT. 



"I wanted lu ucli tobo a saint, 

But; knew not how to grasp; 
But now, .tliaiik God ! iny heart is wliite. 

And I'm a saint at last. 



"Farewell my friends, now let me bathe 

My lips and cool niy bi'Ow. 
"For O ! I see the angels wave 

A. Avelcome for me now. 

^'Farewell now let me sweetly rest," 

And so slie closed lier eyes. 
And placed her bands upon her breast, 
And, as the v»'avelet dies, 

Upon the ocean's laving sliore, 

8he sank (o sweet repose. 
Her soul redeenied forever more. 

To worlds oi' beauty rose. 

As on, her raptured spirit burst 

'J lie glories of that place, 
A smile sbowed how Inr soul was blest, 

Wliiclv lingered on, hsr lace. 



£ Youno: Man. 



o 



O ON niid brother, Iinst thou left us ? 
O^ Must we bid thee long- farewell ? 
Nature weeps, but Jesus Avhispers, 
Let him come with mo to dwell. 

Must thy goodly form unfolding, 
Into manhood's noble prime, 

Early drop to silent molct'ring, 
'Nealli the busy tread o' time? 

But thy disembodied tSpirit, 
Sin and sorrow sweeping by, 

TIn-ough the dear lledeemer's merit, 
liose to Paradise on high. 

From the din of earthly battle. 
Ere thy hopsful noon had come, 

Jesus called thee to a better, 
To His safe Eternal home. 

Ere the silerjt chord was broken, 
And the scene of life was clcsod, 

Jesus kindly whispered pardon 
To thy heart, On Him reposed. 

Just redeemed from sin's dominion. 
Then the summons came i'or him. 

And iiis happy ransomed spirit 
Shall in endless glory sing, 
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rOE.MS OF GHACE AND ''F.l Til. 



•VXi^rv^a 



O tlie wondrous! wondrous slory! 

BrotJier's safe at lionie willi God! 
J^ansomed iVom this earth to srlory 

A^^ashed in Jesus' precious blood. 



Sfancy How3. 



, ^TJR mother lias c'one to the land of rest, 
A\J/^ That beautiful homo where the angels dwell,^- 
Now safe in the bosom of Jesus blest. ' 

Though loneh', dear Lord! we bow to thy wilL 

Our- lietu'ts are clinging, dear mother to thee. 
Thou livest here yel, in each bosom of love. 

Our mem'ry shall cherish ti)y gentle form, , 
Till we meet thee, clear mother, honied above. 

Thy virtues still shine in our s;iddencd liome^ 

Endearing each object thy hands have wrought. ' 

And leavinii' to us tiie leaacv, pur?, 
Thy holy and innocent life has bought. 

O mother! dear mottier! we miss tliee so, 
; I^nthinking, we-listenfot thee to come. ' 
But Jesus will cduiUirt, and grlTce bestoAv,- 

And lead us to join thc'e in Heaven's bright home. 



:HYMNS. 

W.J Baul is -Satlsfed. 




LL this earth, its wealth and Iionor, 

Cannot sate tlie human breast, 
I But Avhen filled with God our Father, 
Every want is fully blest. 

All my soul can Avish forever, 

I do find in Christ replete. 
Every blessins: and the Giver 
In my peaceful bosom meet. 

Is thy life bereft of comfort? 

And thy heart a cheerless spot ? 
Say not Christ is in thy desert; 

For we can believe it not. 

Can a bird drink up tlie ocean, 
Thirsting still from sliore to shore? 

Or the God of all creatici 
Leave thy lioart jT.t craving more? 

Would my soul could more encompass 
Heaven's glory willed to me. 

O the love of God, so i^recious! 
'Tis a deep and shoreless sea. 



Ckist 'ie Friend We Heed* 



FT my heart lias bled ^yith sorrow, 
Not a friend my grief to share. 

But I yielded Qhrist to follow, 
And He took my load of care. 

Long I siglied for peace and pleasure, 
Felt a painful void within. 

Lite was gloomy, death a terror, 
Till my soul was saved from sin. 

All this world is dark and drear \', 
And the soul, designed for light, 

Must be sq,d and lost forever, 
While it gropes in sinful niglit. 

Oh my soul in sin Avas Ayretched, . 

Dark the shadows round me fell : 
Jesi s b esjcd and ca,lmed my spirit. 

Saved me from the fears of hell. 

Sin made all my life so bitter, 
Jesus makes it sweet and pure 

Oh! I'm free from ev'ry fetter. 
Blest with peace forever more, 



fb.B Temple of (rcd. 



JOT in the temples made by hands', 

Tho' so beautiful by art, 

^ut God in mercy condescends 

To dwell within my heart. 

How wonderful that Jesus would 

Enter this abode of sin ! 
And wash me in His precious bloody 

And now abide within. 

No more I think of God af;ir; 

For thy glories inward beam. 
O shine thou blessed Morning; Star, , 

And keep thy temple clean. ' 

Far greater is the Mighty One, 
Dwelling ia me all the time, 

Than all the wo.'ld anil hell call sum, 
Ani^gainst my soul combine.' 

O Lord! enshrined within my breast^ 
Fountain of eternal peace, 

]My soul can now forever rest, 

'--1 i.;i' , . , ' 

teecure m tliine embrace. 






CONTENTS. 



rAGE 

Truth 5 j 

Two Scenes at the Allegheny IT I 

Throwing Ink at the devil 25 

Meditations on the Prairie 31 f 

f^oul-Cripple City IIT f 

Millers No-Soul Edition 135 

Booth's A.ll-Nois3 Edition . .-■. . 13i>| 

Johnson's All-Hail Edition 143 ( 

Eussel's Hoax- Age Edition .. . 141> 

God calls His people- out of her 154- 

Miscellaneous Poors — 

To the Alien . 175 

To my Dear Sidney 182' 

New Years Greeting 1890 . 187, 

1887 ....... .- ; . 192 

Lines at the close of 1881 ..... . . -. . 195! 

^ Eternity .-. . 197; 

Nature's Devotion . .' •..-.. ... . 20«> 

The Pure Bride RestoicI .V . . 204 

Lines on the lly leaf of a Testament . . .•. . 20S 

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Ci'catful Remembrance 207 

James and Theresa 20J> 

Bert and Nellie 212 

Celia and Rhoda 214 

A Nation in Crape , 217 

Our Foreman 22D 

Lines on the IMarriage of Mr. Hope. ..... 222 

Lines at the close of an article reproving etc. 22J 

Autographs . . ., 221 

The Crusades of Hell 

Part L— The fall of man 227 

' Part XL— The first c-Lisade 280 

— — ^Pai't III.— Failure of the second <;rusade 23S 

' — Part IV. — Satan's third and last crusade 248 

Faith 251 

-^What is Fciith 255 

— -Faith Universal 2,10 

^— The Ground of Fcuth 20 S 

-Faitli Works by Lv;ve. 201 

—What does Faith AVork ?....... 300 

——Faith's Appeal to her Friends. ol3 

Memopials. 

Celia. 318 

Lily and Willie. 325 

Clara Belle 328 

L. V Sister Ida Srack;-. 32 J 



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Father Beebe 331 

Arther L. Morgan ' 332 

Dr. P. J. Smith 333 

Sister Sarah V. May 331 

A Young Man 33G 

Nancy Howe 337 

Hymns. 

My Soul is Satisfied 333 

Christ the Friend wo Need 339 

Th^ 'X-niple of God 340 



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